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My emotions, and the way I’ve been talking about them in order to deal with them, have been hijacked by the emotions of "the nation" and its faithful organ, the press, writes <b>Peter Chambers</b>.

I survived Marysville for an orgy of ocker self-love

Feb 19, 2009

The Victorian bushfires could be an opportunity for new relationships between media and public. Instead, the worst of the coverage has been formulaic, writes <b>Margaret Simons</b>.

Victorian bushfires: disaster p-rn and story telling

Feb 19, 2009

There is a smell of blood in the air as well as smoke, as communities, individuals and the media look to find someone to blame for the Victorian bushfires, writes <b>Greg Barns</b>.

Did Miranda Devine incite violence?

Feb 17, 2009

The flames of culture wars are burning fiercely over Black Saturday, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.

Don’t blame the greenies, blame the lack of bunkers

Feb 16, 2009

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>.

Fires spark a new front in the culture wars

Feb 16, 2009

Lives could have been saved in last Saturday's fire storms if simple guidance had been broadcast over areas where people had no information, writes <b>Ben Sandlilands</b>.

Apocalypse Now lesson for bushfire survival

Feb 12, 2009

Why is it that Parks Victoria and DSE get away with taking every opportunity to light fires in National Parks and stir local sentiment for more and more fires? asks <b>Lionel Elmore</b>.

Parks Victoria uses the fire crisis to light up the Prom again

Feb 12, 2009

Once considered a practical, even obvious approach to bushfire safety, the provision of designated Fire Refuges in at-risk communities has fallen out of favour, writes <b>Chris Paver</b>.

How fire refuges became a thing of the past

Feb 12, 2009

With the embers still burning, The Australian's obsessive, one-sided attempt to paint the fires as basically down to evil greenies continues apace, writes <b>Guy Rundle</b>.

The Australian’s fuel reduction obsession

Feb 12, 2009

Media not only covers an event like the Victorian fires, but in a sense, creates and defines it as well, writes <b>Michael Gawenda</b>.

Gawenda: journalists move on, disaster remains

Feb 12, 2009

Canberra firestorm survivor <b>Liz Tilley</b> writes, I just can’t bear to see those victims in Victoria not benefit from what we learned in Canberra. So, for what it’s worth, here are my tips for a “great” relief.

Tips from a bushfire survivor

Feb 11, 2009

The extensive records of what burned and what did not, what burned quickly and what did not will provide invaluable information for future vegetation management of communities living in the bush, writes <b>Lionel Elmore</b>.

Too soon to jump one way or another on fuel reduction

Feb 11, 2009

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