Although the media is pushing the global warming agenda as the cause of the rash of bush fires in Australia, the Police say hundreds of fires were caused deliberately by arson: The Epoch Times reported that,

In [New South Wales (NSW)], 24 were apprehended and charged with deliberately lighting bushfires. A further 53 people are facing legal action for allegedly failing to comply with a total fire ban, while 47 others are accused of improperly discarding a lit cigarette or match outdoors, according to the state’s police force.

In Queensland, police concluded that 103 fires had been deliberately lit, with 98 people—67 of them juveniles—having been identified as the culprits.

From: World Affairs Brief, January 10, 2020 — Copyright Joel Skousen. Partial quotations with attribution permitted. Cite source as Joel Skousen’s World Affairs Brief (http://www.worldaffairsbrief.com).