Mr McCormack acknowledged that further action must be taken to combat climate change but said there was "a lot of hysteria" surrounding the issue.
Firefighters' union leader Leighton Drury said Australia was "seeing an absolute lack of leadership from this government and it is a disgrace".
베르사체=베르사체여성의류
Criticism grew as a heatwave broke records across the country and exacerbated mammoth blazes, making the task even harder for exhausted firefighters - many of them volunteers.
디스퀘어드=디스퀘어드여성의류
Mr McCormack acknowledged that further action must be taken to combat climate change but said there was "a lot of hysteria" surrounding the issue.
"Climate change is not the only factor that has caused these fires. There has been dry lightning strikes, there has been self-combusting piles of manure, there has been a lot of arsonists out there causing fire," he said.
홍콩명품미러급=홍콩명품미러급 홍콩명품레플리카 홍콩명품이미테이션
Although climate change is not the direct cause of bushfires, scientists have long warned that a hotter, drier climate would contribute to Australia's fires becoming more frequent and more intense.
