Climate denialism in reporting on bushfires has decreased since 2009, an analysis from Monash University’s Climate Change Communication Research Hub finds.
Researchers determined just five percent of articles covering the bushfires include climate denialism.
This is a reduction compared to coverage of the 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires, in which 21 percent of reports denied climate change.
Newscorp media were responsible for 59% of climate denialism claims in the Black Summer Bushfires, despite representing just a quarter of accurate, in-depth reporting on climate change.