Dr Steve Sutton has nearly two decades of experience working in and researching bushfires . As Chief Fire Control Officer in the Northern Territory, Steve was responsible for Territory-wide bushfire control, hazard reduction and bushfire mitigation, and oversaw the operations of the Territory’s volunteer bushfire brigades. He is an advocate for grass-roots initiatives to weave networks of belonging that foster resilience to climate change and disasters. He spoke to Sean O'Shannessy on Environmental as Anything in his capacity as a member of the Emergency Leaders for Climate Action, about the state of preparedness of our governments and agencies for the oncoming fire season Kerry O'Brien is a living legend of Australian journalism. He has been tirelessly touring the the nation trying to cut through the clouds of disinformation around the Indigenous Voice to Parliament Referendum with his typically sharp factual analysis. Param Berg caught his speech at the Rally for a Voice in Lismore on Sat 30 Sept '23 -------------------------------------------------------------------------> Please support community based independent media and make it possible for us to keep producing high quality environmental current affairs: Share this episode on social media and subscribe to this podcast Please make it possible to keep producing high quality environmental current affairs by supporting the Environmental as Anything show on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/EnvironmentalAsAnything and Like us on Facebook and invite your friends to do the same https://www.facebook.com/EnvironmentalAsAnything Email story suggestions to us on: Environmental.As.Anythin@gmail.com (Environmental As Anything is produced on the stolen lands of the Bundjalung Nation) ©COPYLEFT: Environmental as Anything may be reshared and or rebroadcast by any not for profit community media for the purpose of informing and inspiring effective action for peace, justice and ecological sustainability.