Authorities say Controversial lighting system ‘working better than expected’

he busiest bushfire season since the 2019-2020 Black Summer fires has officially come to an end in New South Wales, a number of weeks after it was extended due to dangerous conditions.

Officials say March was the busiest busiest month of the season, with firefighters responding to over 2800 incidents, “which accounted for almost 50 per cent of the total hectares burnt across the whole fire season”.

Though the season has formally drawn to a close, authorities say the risk, while reduced, remains.