Whatever, the puerile, gob-spitting, over-the-top reactions by McCormack and Barilaro when questioned about the link between these catastrophic bushfires and climate change - reinforced by the PM and Premier - smacked of embarrassing guilt being camouflaged with confected rage.

The best form of defence is attack ("Deputy PM furious at climate link", November 12).

The truth is that these LNP governments, both State and Federal, have had multiple terms to come up with strong climate policies to mitigate extreme weather events. Instead, they have been in a state of denial that has become idiotic.

And the only conclusion can be that these leaders have a secret agenda as part of their continued, spontaneous and unquestioning support of fossil fuels and mining industries.

However, what is truly mind-boggling is the National Party, voted into parliament to defend the best interests of farmers and regional towns, scrambling around to simply provide debt-stretching band-aids in a futile attempt to show they're in control as this catastrophic drought destroys the lives of their constituents. But their attempt to convince their electorates that this is just a normal act of nature or, as Morrison stated, "a necessary evil", is doubly disgusting.

They are giving the distinct impression of confusion as well as incompetence.

I mean, whole regional towns have run completely out of water; rivers and dams are drying up; stock is being decimated; suicides are increasing; soils are being blown out to sea; and farms are being burnt to the ground.

Blind Freddy can recognise that these various extreme weather events and climate change are inextricably connected. Why can't these wilful politicians?

They need to answer that simple question to avoid a distinct odour of behind-the-scenes behaviours that are not in the best interest of their electorates. And no amount of fabricated outrage and crocodile tears should distract from that.

Bert Candy, Glenvale, QLD

Savage fires have been devastating the land. Blame for them is being apportioned in many directions. States of emergency have been declared and catastrophic conditions predicted.

Global warming is being trotted out as the cause of the fires.

The conditions are predicted to continue far into the future, and bad fires will be an annual event; so we're told.

The warmest are gaining much traction, much more than many of the other doomsday scenarios of recent decades.

However, it's time to consider the role of government regulations in this catastrophe. Burn offs aren't being done because the burn off season has been shortened by regulation.

Onerous fire permits are required and people have just given up: it's all too hard. Global warming is the convenient scapegoat which will see even more regulations introduced.

In the meantime fires will continue but many know who the real culprit is.

Jay Nauss, Glen Aplin, QLD