Bushfire inquiry says Australia must prepare for 'alarming outlook'

Australia must prepare for an "alarming" future of simultaneous and worsening natural disasters, says a long-awaited report into the country's bushfires.

A royal commission inquiry examined Australia's Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20 - which ravaged vast swathes of the nation - and other disasters.

At least 33 people died in what was by many measures an unprecedented season.

The report made more than 80 recommendations to the government.

They included detailed proposals to improve national response efforts, tools and climate data, among many other areas.

It also reiterated that climate change had exacerbated the extreme conditions which caused the fires, but that future projections were more grim.

The Australian government said it would "carefully and methodically" consider the proposals.