BERMAGUI, AUSTRALIA - In a country well known for colourful characters, Ms Maggie McKinney still stands out as she shepherds her crew of volunteer firefighters in one of the areas hardest hit by Australia's ferocious bush fires.
Since the fires began far earlier than usual in September, 29 people have been killed and more than 2,000 homes and 10 million hectares of forest and bush land burned. Ms McKinney explained how four different fires in national parks around Bermagui merged into a single inferno threatening the town. "It's a wonderful thing actually in a way that we relate to each other... in this brigade. I just love 'em," she says, wiping away a tear in a moment of emotion that shows her exhaustion after 19 straight days of work and contrasts with her usual gregarious and wise-cracking style.
"People are angry lack of leadership; there seems to be a perceived bubble that the Prime Minister lives in."
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