The federal government is considering the findings of the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangement, convened after the 2019-2020 fires burnt 24 million hectares.

Mr McCormack said the government was carefully considering each of the royal commission's 80 wide-ranging recommendations and would make a prompt response.

"Things could have been done better in certain instances, yes, by all levels of government," he said.

"A better coordinated response is, I think, something that, probably from what we saw and what we experienced in the devastation of the loss last summer ... we need to do."

The royal commission's final report concludes Australia needs a national approach to managing disasters and better coordination across all levels of government, saying "the Australian public expected greater Australian government action" over the summer.

Mr McCormack also pointed to "backburning" as an issue, saying it would "be good to have targets to ensure that is done in the future".

But former deputy commissioner for NSW Fire and Rescue Ken Thompson, of Emergency Leaders for Climate Action, said hazard reduction burning was "not a panacea" and called on the government to do more to combat climate change.

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"The fires I believe were made much more likely and much worse by climate change and our lack of commitment to reducing emissions over many years," Mr Thompson said.

When asked how the Morrison government would prepare Australia for future disasters shaped by climate change, Mr McCormack said his government would make its response to the royal commission "very soon".

"We will consider all the recommendations. That one, and the rest of them that involve the Commonwealth responsibility," he said.

Australian National University professor of forestry Peter Kanowski said it made sense to have more strongly coordinated responses to future disasters.

"[A] collaborative partnership between the states and the Commonwealth, I think, that's what we really want to be supporting," he said.

Mr Kanowski said he would like to see investment in aerial firefighting balanced with sustainable funding for state agencies working in landscape management and fire prevention.

"When you talk to most people who work in that arena ... most would say that capacity has reduced a lot over 30 years or so," he said.