Bethany Hiatt: The familiarity of bushfire season has bred complacency amid Victorian devastation

On New Year’s Day, I woke to find several bushfire alerts on my phone.

The fire had been burning out of control since just after midnight and an evacuation centre had been opened for residents.

My Kalamunda home was not directly in its path, but the blaze was raging only a few kilometres away.

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