They should also be including previous years data - I’ve seen a lot of people who appear to think arson was invented this summer. And a mind blowing few who think it was invented by people desperate to keep the climate change hoax going :/
Commented elsewhere:
Arson has been stable for 24 months to September 2019, it's a shame the data capture stops there. It's made up to deflect.
https://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/Documents/RCS-Quarterly/NSW_Re...
crime / 2018 / 2019 / Trend
Arson / 5,692 / 4,934 / Stable
>The Australian Productivity Commission has calculated that between 2001–02 and 2006–07, [there was] an average of nearly 54,000 fires per year (SGRSP 2008). ... It is estimated that 50 percent of fires are either deliberately lit or suspicious in origin as shown in Figure 1.
https://aic.gov.au/publications/bfab/bfab059
edit: and to compare arson charges specifically, the same article says that between 2001 and 2006 there were 133 convicted bushfire arsonists in New South Wales - or about 20 per year convicted in a single state. Since there probably isn't a 100% conviction rate, I'd expect the total number charged each year for the whole country is along the order of 50 people.