Australian Bushfires Inquiry Gets 1400 Submissions

Burning embers cover the ground as firefighters battle against bushfires around the town of Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales on Dec. 31, 2019. SAEED KHAN/Getty Images

More than 1400 people and organisations have made submissions to a national royal commission into Australia’s unprecedented bushfire season.

The Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements on April 29 said the bulk of the submissions were made by individuals.