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The fires are obviously much worse due to high temps

It's less obvious that the high temps are caused by climate change. Directionally, it makes sense -- but how much of the delta temp is variation?

That could be your imagination. Australia's temperature is quite in the normal range, similar to that of 1960s.

https://weatherspark.com/h/y/149434/2020/Historical-Weather-...

https://weatherspark.com/h/y/149434/1960/Historical-Weather-...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/australia-n...

Hottest year on record for Australia was 2019 (just ended).

Almost 3 degrees F over average.

High temperatures dry things out and make them easier to burn

This is very, very wrong. If you want to cherry pick, I can too - literally days ago, western Sydney recorded its hottest ever temperature (48.9C, 120F). This is a region adjacent to where a number of fires are still burning.

2019 was Australia's hottest year on record.

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