Climate (News Articles)

• Power outages cause chaos across Victoria, Sydney Morning Herald, 20 January 2009, source: http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/power-outages-cause-chaos-across-vic-20090130-7u2x.html
• Victoria prepares for worse heatwave in a century, The Australian, 27 January 2009, Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24968430-5006785,00.html

• Bushfire 'to burn up' climate efforts, Sydney Morning Herald, 29 January 2009, source: http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/bushfires-to-burn-up-climate-efforts-20090129-7sk5.html
• Bushfire, power cuts in heatwave, The Australian, 30 January 2009, Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24984552-2702,00.html
• Bushfire take 5 homes as Melbourne and Adelaide melt, The Australian, 30 January 2009, Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24984869-11949,00.html
• 22 deaths in sweltering Adelaide, The Australian, 30 January 2009, Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24984609-5006787,00.html
• Melbourne heatwave breaks record, Sydney Morning Herald, 30 January 2009, source: http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/melbourne-heatwave-breaks-record-20090130-7t9u.html
• Second driest January on record, The Australian, 31 January 2009, Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24989699-5006785,00.html
• Heat and fires claim lives, property, Sydney Morning Herald, 31 January 2009, source: http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/heat-and-fires-claim-lives-property/2009/01/31/1232818772692.html

• A city paralysed by heat, bushfires and blackouts, Sydney Morning Herald, 1 February 2009, source: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/a-city-paralysed-by-heat-bushfires-and-blackouts/2009/01/31/1232818794784.html
• Fire ban issued for southern NSW as scorching heat moves north, The Australian, 1 February 2009, Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24992610-5006784,00.html
• Busfires burn as scorching heat arrives to NSW, Sydney Morning Herald, 1 February 2009, source: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/bushfires-burn-as-scorching-heat-arrives-to-nsw/2009/02/01/1233423038443.html
• Heatwave puts Victoria in worst bushfire danger ever, The Australian, 6 February 2009, Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25015565-5006785,00.html
• Weather extremes: NSW melts, Victoria burns, Queensland sinks, The Australian, 6 February 2009, Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25015424-5006784,00.html
• States brace for bushfire horror in Australian heatwave, The Australian, 6 February 2009, Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25016695-11949,00.html
• Bushfire threatens to break free, The Australian, 6 February 200, source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25015607-12377,00.html
• Bushfire risk worries SA officials, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 February 2009, source: http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/bushfire-risk-worries-sa-officials-20090206-7zdj.html
• 'Worst day in history': Brumby warns of fire danger, The Age, 6 February 2009, source: http://www.theage.com.au/national/worst-day-in-history-brumby-warns-of-fire-danger-20090206-7zf1.html
• Fears Bunyip park bushfire could threaten communities, The Age, 6 February 200, source: http://www.theage.com.au/national/fears-bunyip-park-bushfire-could-threaten-communities-20090206-7z7i.html
• Cool change to blow in after scorcher, The Age, 6 February 2009, source: http://www.theage.com.au/national/cool-change-to-blow-in-after-scorcher-20090206-7zk0.html
• City swelters, records tumble in heat, The Age, 7 February 200, source: http://www.theage.com.au/national/city-swelters-records-tumble-in-heat-20090207-80ai.html
• Heatwave has one last, fiery hurray, The Australian, 7 February 2009, Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25019292-11949,00.html

• Fatal mix of heat and drought, The Australian, 9 February2009, source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25026939-2702,00.html

• Bushfire ferocity 'linked to climate change', Sydney Morning Herald, 9 February 2009, source: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/global-warming/bushfire-ferocity-linked-to-climate-change-20090209-8235.html
• It will only get worse as climate change, Sydney Morning Herald, 9 February 2009, source: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/it-will-only-get-worse-as-climate-changes/2009/02/08/1234027855670.html
• Bushfires affected by climate change: Greenpeace, The Australian, 10 February 2009, Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25035798-11949,00.html
• "Emergency talks called on 'harder' climate change", The Age, 10 Feb 2009, source: http://www.theage.com.au/world/emergency-talks-called-on-harder-climate-change-20090209-82ea.html
• "Fire strategy the deadly inevitability of climate change", The Age, 10 Feb 2009, source: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/fires-the-deadly-inevitability-of-climate-change-20090209-8289.html
• "Manage bush better so climate won't matter. The Australian, 12 Feb 2009, source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25041834-7583,00.html
• Deadly reminder we must tackle climate change, The Australian, 12 February 2009,Source: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/global-warming/deadly-reminder-we-must-tackle-climate-change-20090211-84mn.html
• "Windy hill where the fire began", The Daily Telegraph, 12 Feb 2009, source: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25042376-5013122,00.html
• "A deadly reminder to tackle climate change" Sydney Morning Herald, 12 Feb 2009, source: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/global-warming/deadly-reminder-we-must-tackle-climate-change-20090211-84mn.html?page=-1
• Face global warming or lives will be at risk, The Age, 12 February 2009, source: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/face-global-warming-or-lives-will-be-at-risk-20090211-84od.html
• Wind change raises inferno alarm, The Age, 12 February 2009,Source: http://www.theage.com.au/national/wind-change-raises-inferno-alarm-20090211-84sy.html

• "Union Alert: Disastrous blazes almost every year" - Sydney Morning Herald, 13 Feb 2009, source:http://www.smh.com.au/national/union-alert-disastrous-blazes-almost-every-year-20090212-85yz.html

• Living in a climate of fear, The Age, 14 February 2009, source: http://www.theage.com.au/national/living-in-a-climate-of-fear-20090213-8779.html
• Events rapidly overtaking Rudd Governments on climate change" The Weekend Australian, 14-15 February 2009, source:http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25050451-7583,00.html
• " My Country, My Tyrant" - Sydney Morning Herald, 14-15 February 2009,  source:http://www.smh.com.au/environment/global-warming/my-country-my-tyrant-20090213-876e.html
• "The end of Certainty" - Sydney Morning Herald, 14-15 February 2009, source:http://www.smh.com.au/environment/global-warming/the-end-of-climate-certainty-20090213-876f.html

• What will global warming look like? Scientists point to Australia , 9 April 2009, Los Angeles Times source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-climate-change-australia9-2009apr09,0,7128426,full.story
  
• The Victorian Bushfires: How Environmentalism leads to Disasters, by Mises.org Updates (25 February 2009)source: http://blog.mises.org/archives/009505.asp
• Is global warming driving Australia's bushfires? Christian Science Monitor (12 Feb 2009) source: http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/02/12/is-global-warming-driving-australias-bushfires/
• Why Greens policy is responsible for the bushfires, LiveNews.com.au (10 February 2009) source: http://www.livenews.com.au/opinion/why-greens-policy-is-responsible-for-the-bushfires/2009/2/10/179726
• Stridently dark green, Herald Sun, 18 February 2009 source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25070103-5000117,00.html
• Bushfire: Don't mention the C word, source: http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/bushfires-dont-mention-the-c-word/

Greenies (News Articles)

•  Greenie love of bushfires goes deeper than global warming, The Australian, 10 February 2009, Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25031227-20261,00.html
• "Grennies blames for fires scale" - The Australian, 12 February 2009,source:http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25042637-5006785,00.html
• Don't blame greens, says state, The Age, 13 February 2009, Source: http://www.theage.com.au/national/dont-blame-greens-says-state-20090212-8631.html

• Green ideas to blame for the Victorian bushfires, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 February 2009 source: http://blogs.smh.com.au/newsblog/archives/your_say/021086.html?page=fullpage#comments
• Australia's bushfire: the blame game, Guardian.co.uk, 13 February 2009 source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/13/australia-bushfires-green
• Victoria bushfires stoked by green vote, The Australian, 10 February 2009 source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25031389-7583,00.html
• Kinglake, Marysville bushfire warning could have come earlier, Herald Sun, 25 May 2009 source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25533701-2862,00.htm

Fire Hazard (Readers Comments)

• The Victorian Bushfires: How environmentalism leads to disasters, Mises.org Updates, 25 February 2009 source: http://blog.mises.org/archives/009505.asp
• Hazard reduction: The blame game, The Real Dirt, 18 February 2009 source: http://realdirt.com.au/2009/02/18/hazard-reduction-the-blame-game/

Arson (News Articles)

• Fire starters will face murder charges, Sydney Morning Herald, 9 February 2009,source: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/fire-starters-will-face-murder-charges/2009/02/08/1234027855664.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
• Police track arsonists responsible for Victoria bushfires, The Australian, 10 February 2009, Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25032884-2702,00.html
• States look at 'anti-arsonist' strategy, Sydney Morning Herald, 10 February 2009, source: http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/states-look-at-antiarsonist-strategy-20090210-82tg.html
• Those who lit fires are mass murderers, says Rudd, 10 February 200,  source: http://www.smh.com.au/national/those-who-lit-fires-are-mass-murderers-says-rudd-20090209-82bj.html
• Police flush out arsonist who started Victoria's bushfire, The Daily Telegraph, 11 February 2009, source: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25039960-5001021,00.html
• "Police on the trail of killer arsonists" - The Australian, 12 February 2009, source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25042467-5006785,00.html
• Arson fear on Marysville blaze, The Age, 13 February 2009, Source: http://www.theage.com.au/national/arson-fear-on-marysville-blaze-20090212-862z.html
• Man on arson death charge, The Age, 14 February 2009, source: http://www.theage.com.au/national/man-on-arson-death-charge-20090213-877s.html
• Arson suspect's image released as Greer blames authorities, Daily Telegraph, 13 February 2009, source: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,,25046489-5001021,00.html

Arson (Readers Comments)

• Man charged with fatal arson over Churchill fire which killed 21, Perthnow, 13 February 2009source: http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,25049052-948,00.html
• Bushfire arsonist avoiding jail despite crime growth, Herald Sun, 17 February 2009 source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25065127-5018723,00.html 

Warning System (News Articles)

• "Bungling silenced fire warning"- The Australian, 12 February 2009, source:http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25042643-601,00.html
• "Six years on, little action on warning" - The Australian, 12 February 2009,  source:http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25042636-5006785,00.html

Warning System (Readers Comments)

• Police and fire authorities fail to trigger fire alert, Herald Sun, 24 February 2009,  source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,25097075-2862,00.htm
• Black Saturday fire warnings confused many: RMIT professor John Handmer, Herald Sun, 16 June 2009, source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25644399-5019015,00.html
• CFA chief expresses regret over lack of bushfire warnings, Herald Sun, 1 June 2009, source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25568659-5019015,00.html
• Public fire warning team 'had no computer', Bushfire Royal Commission, Herald Sun, 29 May 2009, source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25555563-5019015,00.html
• Emergeny services admit SMS bushfire alert not foolproof, Herald Sun, 3 march 2009, source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25131866-5018723,00.html

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