After weeks of criticism over the handling of the bush fires scorching Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Sunday, when the fires claimed another firefighter's life, that he will propose a national review into the response to the disaster.
With the Australian bush burning for nearly three months now, killing 28 people, destroying 2,000 homes and raging across millions of hectares of land and wildlife, the crisis is becoming increasingly political.
Morrison said he would propose a powerful judicial inquiry, known as a royal commission, into the handling of the fires.
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