There are CL415 Water Bombers sitting on the ground in the winter off-season all over southern Europe right now.
Why on earth cant our government arrange an exchange of hemispheres for these aircraft with the seasons?
Alternatively in RAAF or RAN service or equally in Surveillance and Rescue.
Yes, I know that it was attempted some years ago for profit, but lets forget about that and look at the real costs of the few recent bushfire seasons and things possibly getting hotter and drier?