Why does Australia get bush fires?

In Australia, the bush in bushfires actually refers to regions that are sparsely inhabited by people. A bushfire can start during the hot and dry weather with the chance of one being higher if the temperature rises. A bushfire can also be triggered by a lightning strike. It should be noted that Australia is on the Southern Hemisphere and thus has summer when it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Human activity can also play its part in starting bushfires whether by accident or deliberately. About 50 million hectares of land is burned each year with 80% occurring in savanna regions. Fires like these tend spread quickly with slopes