In never-before act, Australia calls up military reserves to tackle bushfire crisis
Deccan ChronicleSydney: Australia has called up 3,000 military reserves to tackle the country's ongoing bushfire crisis, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Saturday, the largest call-up in living memory. “Today's decision puts more boots on the ground, puts more planes in the sky, puts more ships at sea,” said Morrison, who has been pilloried for his response to the deadly months-long disaster. A two-star general has also been appointed to oversee the military's response to the crisis and the HMAS Adelaide, a helicopter carrier, has been deployed to help the bushfire effort. “It is the first time that reserves have been called out in this way in living memory and, in fact, I believe for the first time in our nation's history.” A much smaller number of reservists had been called up late last year to assist with the bushfire crisis in Queensland.
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