http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/16/market-darling-qbe-hurt-by-surge-in-catastrophe-claims/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/16/market-darling-qbe-hurt-by-surge-in-catastrophe-claims/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:56:32 +0000 Adam Schwab http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269081 http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/16/market-darling-qbe-hurt-by-surge-in-catastrophe-claims/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2011/06/28/birds-of-the-week-firehawks-of-the-top-end/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2011/06/28/birds-of-the-week-firehawks-of-the-top-end/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:02:08 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=232158 Bob Gosford examines the odd relationship between fire and birds in the NT, where cockatoos flock to the still burning grasslands to plunder the seeds and insects that lie cooked on the ground.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2011/06/28/birds-of-the-week-firehawks-of-the-top-end/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2010/12/30/postcards-from-balgo-fire-in-the-great-sandy-desert/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2010/12/30/postcards-from-balgo-fire-in-the-great-sandy-desert/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:57:23 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=195140 Steven Rhall lives up in the tiny NT town of Balgo. He writes of the first big fire of the season up his way, where fires can sometimes run for weeks -- if not months -- and burn-out huge tracts of land.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2010/12/30/postcards-from-balgo-fire-in-the-great-sandy-desert/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/04/the-perils-of-listening-tours-always-find-a-friendly-face-first/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/04/the-perils-of-listening-tours-always-find-a-friendly-face-first/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:45:00 +0000 Richard Farmer http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=161418 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/04/the-perils-of-listening-tours-always-find-a-friendly-face-first/feed/ 2 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/28/esplin-to-step-up-to-royal-commission-tomorrow-here-are-some-questions-for-him/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/28/esplin-to-step-up-to-royal-commission-tomorrow-here-are-some-questions-for-him/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:40:47 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=133080 Tess Lawrence.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/28/esplin-to-step-up-to-royal-commission-tomorrow-here-are-some-questions-for-him/feed/ 17 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/28/2884258.htm?site=thedrum http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/28/2884258.htm?site=thedrum#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:20:47 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=133751 Jane Cowan.]]> http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/28/2884258.htm?site=thedrum/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/08/crikey-says-its-black-saturday-for-gods-sake-pay-attention/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/08/crikey-says-its-black-saturday-for-gods-sake-pay-attention/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:02:56 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=128905 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/08/crikey-says-its-black-saturday-for-gods-sake-pay-attention/feed/ 29 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/31/2861373.htm?site=thedrum http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/31/2861373.htm?site=thedrum#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:35:22 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=127747 Jane Cowan.]]> http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/31/2861373.htm?site=thedrum/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/10/vic-government-goes-missing-on-bushfire-maps/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/10/vic-government-goes-missing-on-bushfire-maps/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:18:52 +0000 Andrew Crook http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=104850 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/10/vic-government-goes-missing-on-bushfire-maps/feed/ 6 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/12/08/bushfire-season-lessons-from-victoria-for-health-and-health-services/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/12/08/bushfire-season-lessons-from-victoria-for-health-and-health-services/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:28:54 +0000 Melissa Sweet http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=104106 Croakey. As we learnt from the Vic bushfires, health services need long term extra support to deal with such a disaster.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/12/08/bushfire-season-lessons-from-victoria-for-health-and-health-services/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/schools-left-off-bushfire-code-red-register/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/schools-left-off-bushfire-code-red-register/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 Andrew Crook http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/schools-left-off-bushfire-code-red-register/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/schools-left-off-bushfire-code-red-register/feed/ 4 http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2009/10/christine-kenneally-on-australia-after-black-saturday.html http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2009/10/christine-kenneally-on-australia-after-black-saturday.html#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:26:40 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=94240 The New Yorker, comparing the different tactics and challenges of Australian and American firefighters. ]]> http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2009/10/christine-kenneally-on-australia-after-black-saturday.html/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/fuel-reduction-would-not-did-not-stop-black-saturday/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/fuel-reduction-would-not-did-not-stop-black-saturday/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/fuel-reduction-would-not-did-not-stop-black-saturday/ Lindsay Hesketh.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/fuel-reduction-would-not-did-not-stop-black-saturday/feed/ 7 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/once-in-a-century-floods-drought-and-fire-again/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/once-in-a-century-floods-drought-and-fire-again/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/once-in-a-century-floods-drought-and-fire-again/ Frank Campbell.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/once-in-a-century-floods-drought-and-fire-again/feed/ 6 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/19/the-cfa-myth-and-other-fables-the-commission-failed-to-fire/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/19/the-cfa-myth-and-other-fables-the-commission-failed-to-fire/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/19/the-cfa-myth-and-other-fables-the-commission-failed-to-fire/ Frank Campbell. ]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/19/the-cfa-myth-and-other-fables-the-commission-failed-to-fire/feed/ 17 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/clearing-roadsides-may-not-be-the-answer-for-fire-safety/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/clearing-roadsides-may-not-be-the-answer-for-fire-safety/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/clearing-roadsides-may-not-be-the-answer-for-fire-safety/ Lionel Elmore.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/clearing-roadsides-may-not-be-the-answer-for-fire-safety/feed/ 1 http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/living-with-the-risk-of-fire-should-mean-living-responsibly-20090817-enlz.html?page=-1 http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/living-with-the-risk-of-fire-should-mean-living-responsibly-20090817-enlz.html?page=-1#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:21:56 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=80416 The Age.]]> http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/living-with-the-risk-of-fire-should-mean-living-responsibly-20090817-enlz.html?page=-1/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/17/black-saturday-fires-more-questions-than-answers/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/17/black-saturday-fires-more-questions-than-answers/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/17/black-saturday-fires-more-questions-than-answers/ Lionel Elmore.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/17/black-saturday-fires-more-questions-than-answers/feed/ 2 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/the-bushfire-blame-game-greenies-loggers-or-arsonists/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/the-bushfire-blame-game-greenies-loggers-or-arsonists/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:45:00 +0000 Eleri Harris http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/the-bushfire-blame-game-greenies-loggers-or-arsonists/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/the-bushfire-blame-game-greenies-loggers-or-arsonists/feed/ 5 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/06/black-saturday-revelations-demand-a-complete-rethink-of-fire-science/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/06/black-saturday-revelations-demand-a-complete-rethink-of-fire-science/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/06/black-saturday-revelations-demand-a-complete-rethink-of-fire-science/ Frank Campbell. ]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/06/black-saturday-revelations-demand-a-complete-rethink-of-fire-science/feed/ 11 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/22/the-fire-next-time-reforming-australian-bushfire-policy/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/22/the-fire-next-time-reforming-australian-bushfire-policy/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:10:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/22/the-fire-next-time-reforming-australian-bushfire-policy/ Frank Campbell says Black Saturday was the logical outcome of erroneous assumptions and policies developed over a quarter of a century.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/22/the-fire-next-time-reforming-australian-bushfire-policy/feed/ 7 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/11/cfa%e2%80%99s-fire-advice-as-useful-as-a-deckchair-on-the-titanic/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/11/cfa%e2%80%99s-fire-advice-as-useful-as-a-deckchair-on-the-titanic/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 03:51:35 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57052 Frank Campbell.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/11/cfa%e2%80%99s-fire-advice-as-useful-as-a-deckchair-on-the-titanic/feed/ 5 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/23/dses-prescribed-burning-time-for-some-answers/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/23/dses-prescribed-burning-time-for-some-answers/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:14:23 +0000 Sophie Black http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=52905 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/23/dses-prescribed-burning-time-for-some-answers/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/foresters-seize-the-moment-to-set-victoria-ablaze-again/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/foresters-seize-the-moment-to-set-victoria-ablaze-again/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=49962 Lionel Elmore.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/foresters-seize-the-moment-to-set-victoria-ablaze-again/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/31/trading-post-job-losses-sunday-ages-conflict-of-interest-recession-boon-for-centrelink/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/31/trading-post-job-losses-sunday-ages-conflict-of-interest-recession-boon-for-centrelink/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:00:00 +0000 Crikey /Politics/20090331-Tips-and-rumours.html http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/31/trading-post-job-losses-sunday-ages-conflict-of-interest-recession-boon-for-centrelink/feed/ 0