This week on Please Explain Chris Zappone talks to Peter Hannam and Laura Chung from the Sydney Morning Herald about how devastating these bushfires have been on Australia's flora and fauna.

But from these images of destruction, the tide is turning and public opinion is changing. Just this week, an Ipsos poll found that the environment is the biggest issue confronting and worrying Australians.

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