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Canberrans are breathing easier this summer but are we prepared for another season of choking bushfire smoke?
A year on from Canberra recording the world’s worst air pollution for several days in a row, the ACT’s Health Minister says the city is better placed to deal with a bushfire smoke disaster, but admits “we haven’t significantly improved”.
Key points:
- With COVID-19 derailing planned improvements, Canberra remains unready for another smoky bushfire season
- The Canberra Hospital, which filled with smoke last season, has made some upgrades, including a $9.2m cooling system
- A national air quality index has been readied, but experts say it will do little to help people find clean air alone
Canberra was kept indoors by 35 days of hazardous air quality last summer, and its systems struggled to cope.
There were 166 ‘smoke-related’ presentations to the…
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