What's the deal with prescribed burns in Australia?

On the Australian pm's knee-jerk reaction to call for increased prescribed burns (hazard reduction) in response to random farmers who the pm chose to listen to.

It's telling isn't it, how the pm didn't cut them off, turn his back and walk away, as he did from the devastation at Cobargo. 

You've got no power, you've got no telecommunication, you've got fires all around you. Your sewer is actually hooked up to the power, so that means you've got no sewer. You've got no way of getting food. There is no fuel.
How do you feed all the animals here, and how long is this going to go on for?

If you come into a town when they're in a state of shock and grief, you'd best come with something that can alleviate that. 

Remember the pm literally and figuratively turned and walked away from this devastation.

And if you don't, then you're not going to have that sort of… People aren't going to welcome you and give you a warm embrace either. 

We know the govt hasn't listened to advice from professionals with decades of experience.
Yet, like easily influenced conspiracy theorists, comments from farmers (Who are they, what's their agenda?) are given authority.

"There are two major restricting factors for carrying out prescribed burning. One is the availability of funds and personnel, and the second is the availability of weather windows. 

The 2018-19 annual report of the NSW Rural Fire Service says: “The ability of the NSW RFS and partner agencies to complete hazard reduction activities is highly weather dependent, with limited windows of opportunity. Prolonged drought conditions in 2018-19 adversely affected the ability of agencies to complete hazard reduction works.”

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Fires " that had burned only two weeks previously, but “the burnt leaves were burning again”. 

“There has been lots of hazard reductions done over the years – more by national parks than previous years – but the fires have burned through those hazard reduction areas.”    Full article 

"Hazard reduction burning is really challenging and the single biggest impediment to completing hazard reduction burning is the weather," 
"It's only when the conditions back off a little bit that you actually have some prospect of slowing the fire spread."It's important, but not the panacea, and something we should have a very open and frank discussion about." Full article 

We now have the situation where fire chiefs are having to spend time clarifying misinformation that's being DELIBERATELY spread by members of the Australian government.

Think about that.

Australian govt ministers knowingly misinforming citizens with simplistic nonsense, while studiously avoiding the reality of the complex interlinked challenges associated with our changed climate.

What a bloody waste of time.

What's the real agenda here?

Why has this misinformation been eagerly spread by the pm, members of his government,  the murdoch media throughout the world, in a coordinated way by powerful, influential men?

Why are they so keen to give a voice to a random farmer over numerous, highly respected professionals with different areas of expertise? 

Who do these politicians really represent?

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/states-to-feel-federal-heat-over-hazard-reduction-burns-20200105-p53ozo.html