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	<title>Crikey &#187; bushfires</title>
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		<title>Schools left off bushfire Code Red register</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/schools-left-off-bushfire-code-red-register/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/schools-left-off-bushfire-code-red-register/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Saturday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[code red catastrophes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diamond Valley College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurstbridge Primary Schools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Victorian schools in the potential path of a new wave of bushfires have been left off an emergency register designed to shut them down in the event of another Black Saturday.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fuel reduction would not &#8212; did not &#8212; stop Black Saturday</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/fuel-reduction-would-not-did-not-stop-black-saturday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/fuel-reduction-would-not-did-not-stop-black-saturday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Conservation Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Saturday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuel reduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian National Park Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wilderness society]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Climate change is upon us and the old ways of thinking about vegetation management also need to be reviewed, writes <b>Lindsay Hesketh</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/fuel-reduction-would-not-did-not-stop-black-saturday/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Once-in-a-century floods, drought and fire. Again.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/once-in-a-century-floods-drought-and-fire-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/once-in-a-century-floods-drought-and-fire-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Sunday Age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird weather]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cherry-picking extreme weather events weakens your case, but both sides do it shamelessly in the climate debate, writes <b>Frank Campbell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/once-in-a-century-floods-drought-and-fire-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>The CFA myth and other fables the Commission failed to fire</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/19/the-cfa-myth-and-other-fables-the-commission-failed-to-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/19/the-cfa-myth-and-other-fables-the-commission-failed-to-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bushfire Royal Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Five myths -- maybe six -- have to be debunked to clear the way to genuine reform of Victoria's bushfire policies, writes <b>Frank Campbell</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/19/the-cfa-myth-and-other-fables-the-commission-failed-to-fire/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Clearing roadsides may not be the answer for fire safety</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/clearing-roadsides-may-not-be-the-answer-for-fire-safety/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/clearing-roadsides-may-not-be-the-answer-for-fire-safety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Saturday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bushfire Royal Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The call for the burning and clearing of roadside vegetation from entry and exit roads to towns in bushfire areas may in fact be a counter productive approach that will put people at risk, writes <b>Lionel Elmore</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/clearing-roadsides-may-not-be-the-answer-for-fire-safety/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Black Saturday fires: more questions than answers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/17/black-saturday-fires-more-questions-than-answers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/17/black-saturday-fires-more-questions-than-answers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ash Wednesday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Saturday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bushfire Royal Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The issues of fire management and the organisational response to the fires will overshadow how the fires started and what exactly burned, writes <b>Lionel Elmore</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/17/black-saturday-fires-more-questions-than-answers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The bushfire blame game: greenies, loggers or arsonists?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/the-bushfire-blame-game-greenies-loggers-or-arsonists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/the-bushfire-blame-game-greenies-loggers-or-arsonists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleri Harris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Saturday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Sustainability and Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian bushfires]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/the-bushfire-blame-game-greenies-loggers-or-arsonists/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Victorian conservation groups have hit back at claims greenies and National Parks are culpable for the severity of the Black Saturday bushfires, blaming logging companies.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/the-bushfire-blame-game-greenies-loggers-or-arsonists/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Black Saturday revelations demand a complete rethink of fire science</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/06/black-saturday-revelations-demand-a-complete-rethink-of-fire-science/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/06/black-saturday-revelations-demand-a-complete-rethink-of-fire-science/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Saturday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stay and defend policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/06/black-saturday-revelations-demand-a-complete-rethink-of-fire-science/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s only a matter of time before yet another “unprecedented” firestorm strikes our sprawling bushurbia, writes <b>Frank Campbell</b>.
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		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/06/black-saturday-revelations-demand-a-complete-rethink-of-fire-science/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>The fire next time: reforming Australian bushfire policy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/22/the-fire-next-time-reforming-australian-bushfire-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/22/the-fire-next-time-reforming-australian-bushfire-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Saturday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/22/the-fire-next-time-reforming-australian-bushfire-policy/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this summarised version of his second submission to the Royal Commission, <b>Frank Campbell</b> says Black Saturday was the logical outcome of erroneous assumptions and policies developed over a quarter of a century.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/22/the-fire-next-time-reforming-australian-bushfire-policy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>CFA’s fire advice as useful as a deckchair on the Titanic</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/11/cfa%e2%80%99s-fire-advice-as-useful-as-a-deckchair-on-the-titanic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/11/cfa%e2%80%99s-fire-advice-as-useful-as-a-deckchair-on-the-titanic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 03:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Saturday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canberra bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57052</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An ember attack can be dealt with by a wet mop says the CFA, writes <b>Frank Campbell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/11/cfa%e2%80%99s-fire-advice-as-useful-as-a-deckchair-on-the-titanic/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>DSE&#8217;s prescribed burning: time for some answers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/23/dses-prescribed-burning-time-for-some-answers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/23/dses-prescribed-burning-time-for-some-answers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie Black</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Saturday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bushfire Royal Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Sustainability and Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Faine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=52905</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Black Saturday victims claim that they've been denied a voice in the Royal Commission into bushfires, the DSE's prescribed burns continued across the state.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/23/dses-prescribed-burning-time-for-some-answers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Foresters seize the moment to set Victoria ablaze. Again.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/foresters-seize-the-moment-to-set-victoria-ablaze-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/foresters-seize-the-moment-to-set-victoria-ablaze-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parks Victoria]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=49962</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lighting fires is now a Victorian growth industry driven by a bureaucratic conglomerate of what used to be separate managers for National Parks, State Forests and Crown Lands, writes <b>Lionel Elmore</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/foresters-seize-the-moment-to-set-victoria-ablaze-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Job losses at the Trading Post?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/31/trading-post-job-losses-sunday-ages-conflict-of-interest-recession-boon-for-centrelink/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/31/trading-post-job-losses-sunday-ages-conflict-of-interest-recession-boon-for-centrelink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASX 200]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centrelink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trading Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Trading Post job losses ... Sunday Age's conflict of interest ... Recession boon for Centrelink]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/31/trading-post-job-losses-sunday-ages-conflict-of-interest-recession-boon-for-centrelink/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>What Royal Commission? DSE keeps on lighting fires</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/what-royal-commission-dse-keeps-on-lighting-fires/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/what-royal-commission-dse-keeps-on-lighting-fires/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DSE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fuel reduction burning remains something of a contentious issue in Victoria, but that hasn’t deterred the state’s Department of Sustainability and Environment, writes <b>Lionel Elmore</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/23/what-royal-commission-dse-keeps-on-lighting-fires/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nillumbik Council grapples with the afternath of fire</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/02/nillumbik-council-grapples-with-the-afternath-of-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/02/nillumbik-council-grapples-with-the-afternath-of-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At a council meeting in semi-rural Victoria last week, the clearing of native vegetation struggled to make the agenda. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/02/nillumbik-council-grapples-with-the-afternath-of-fire/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bushfire memorial service had hollow ring</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/bushfire-memorial-service-had-hollow-ring/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/bushfire-memorial-service-had-hollow-ring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national day of mourning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ A national day of mourning works at multiple levels, writes <b>Dr Melinda Hinkson</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/bushfire-memorial-service-had-hollow-ring/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>If people want to know what mealy-mouthed cowardice looks like&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/first-dog-on-the-moon-303/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/first-dog-on-the-moon-303/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[miranda devin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vicious polemic]]></category>

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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>How will the fires affect Victoria&#8217;s water supply?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/17/how-will-the-fires-affect-victorias-water-supply/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/17/how-will-the-fires-affect-victorias-water-supply/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backburning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Will the impact of fires on the water supply catchments and this policy, especially its origins, be considered by the Royal Commission? asks <b>Lionel Elmore</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/17/how-will-the-fires-affect-victorias-water-supply/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>That&#8217;s not a debate, that&#8217;s Australian politics and commentary</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/thats-not-a-debate-thats-australian-politics-and-commentary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/thats-not-a-debate-thats-australian-politics-and-commentary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Politicians, journalists, commentators -- they're all pushing a narrative, and they're pushing them like drug dealers because they're selling to addicts, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/thats-not-a-debate-thats-australian-politics-and-commentary/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>In support of controlled burns at Wilson&#8217;s Prom</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/in-support-of-controlled-burns-at-wilsons-prom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/in-support-of-controlled-burns-at-wilsons-prom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural disaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The question is not if there will be another fire at the Prom, but when, writes <b>Don Jewell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/in-support-of-controlled-burns-at-wilsons-prom/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Privatised power won&#8217;t pay for its part in the fires</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/privatised-power-wont-pay-for-its-part-in-the-fires/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/privatised-power-wont-pay-for-its-part-in-the-fires/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Who will be punished if the pending law suits find private power companies liable for Victoria's bushfires? You will, writes <b>Jeff Sparrow</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/privatised-power-wont-pay-for-its-part-in-the-fires/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fires spark a new front in the culture wars</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/fires-spark-a-new-front-in-the-culture-wars/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/fires-spark-a-new-front-in-the-culture-wars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest fires]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fierce debate over the role of fuel-reduction burning in preventing bushfires has exposed a deep divide in Australia over attitudes to the natural environment, writes <b>Clive Hamilton</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/fires-spark-a-new-front-in-the-culture-wars/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t blame the greenies, blame the lack of bunkers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/dont-blame-the-greenies-blame-the-lack-of-bunkers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/dont-blame-the-greenies-blame-the-lack-of-bunkers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest fires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miranda Devine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural disaster]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The flames of culture wars are burning fiercely over Black Saturday, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/dont-blame-the-greenies-blame-the-lack-of-bunkers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Backburning damages water, tourism and health</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/backburning-damages-water-tourism-and-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/backburning-damages-water-tourism-and-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[safety measures]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are many wide ranging impacts of bushfires and 'management' fires than have not been considered to date, writes <b>Lionel Elmore</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/backburning-damages-water-tourism-and-health/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>And the Wankley Award goes to&#8230;fire reporting</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/13/and-the-wankley-award-goes-tofire-reporting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/13/and-the-wankley-award-goes-tofire-reporting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Nethercote</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wankley Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herald Sun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sam koala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vic bushfires]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With a sensitive issue comes the need for great sensitivity and accuracy. And so it was with the bushfires, writes <b>Jane Nethercote</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/13/and-the-wankley-award-goes-tofire-reporting/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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