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One of the images on Black Saturday's bushfire in Victoria (Photo: News Ltd)

Australia: Heatwave triggers bushfire alert

By Mon, Jan 02, 2012 3:41PM UTC View Comments One of the images on Black Saturday's bushfire in Victoria (Photo: News Ltd)

Australia is on bushfire alert as a heatwave spreads across the southern states of Victoria and South Australia, with  temperatures soaring to over 40 degrees Celsius. Melbourne and Adelaide started the year with a daytime high of 40 degrees Celsius, AAP reported.  Sydney and Brisbane, meawhile, are reported to have a more tolerable levels at around...

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Australia’s ticking bushfire time-bomb

By Sun, Nov 27, 2011 9:57AM UTC View Comments Australia’s ticking bushfire time-bomb

It’s still a thing of wonder to me that the former Victorian Government emerged pretty much unscathed from the inquiries into the Black Saturday bushfires that killed 173 people barely two years ago. The Victorian Government had previously deliberately avoided taking part in national inquiries that might have helped prevent the disaster, and ignored clear...

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