jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com - 1/18/2009
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How can this be? I thought mythical global warming was killing off species?A DEEP sea submarine exploration off Australia's southern coast has discovered new species of animals and more evidence of the destructive impact of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide on deep-sea corals.
The scientific ...
Australia Hopes For "Australia" Tourism Bump
huffingtonpost.com 11/18/2008 — SYDNEY, Australia — The film camera sweeps across the landscape, taking in flat plains, gushing waterfalls and a dusty country town. The color is brilliant, the emptiness palpable, and the soundtrack soars dramatically as warplanes bomb a city.
This is "Australia," the new movie by ...
Firestorms Rage In Heat-Baked Australia, Killing 84
patdollard.com 2/8/2009 —
84 Dead, 700 Homes Destroyed in Australia’s Worst Fire Disaster
HEALESVILLE, Australia — Towering flames razed entire towns in southeastern Australia and burned fleeing residents in their cars as the death toll rose to 84 on Sunday, making it the country’s deadliest fire ...
The One Day Of The Year essays
megaessays.com 1/29/2009 — The One Day Of The Year, an influential play written by Alan Seymour, takes a contentious look at ANZAC Day and the emotions provoked amongst the people of Australia in the late 1950's and early 1960's. The reactions of the day amongst the characters ...
Raging wildfires kill at least 14 in Australia
huffingtonpost.com 2/7/2009 — SYDNEY — Raging wildfires swept southeastern Australia on Saturday, killing at least 14 people and razing some 100 homes as scorching temperatures and gale-force winds combined into a deadly inferno.
Victoria state police said the death toll might exceed 40 as dozens of fires burned ...
Australian Politics
australian-politics.blogspot.com 1/29/2009 — SPECIAL AUSTRALIA DAY COVERAGE Five reports from yesterday below. The mundane report of my own personal Australia day can be found here . Australian patience with immigrant crime (despite official attempts to hide it) and demands for special treatment ...
Australia: To Bare Or Not To Bare
themoderatevoice.com 1/1/2009 —
Sydney’s Bondy Beach is among a few designated beaches in Australia where top-less bathers are permitted to enjoy the sun, sand and the sea. In fact such beaches are a major draw for tourists too!!! But as Australians begin their long summer ...
Forest fire jihad in Australia?
jihadwatch.org 2/9/2009 — You can't say we weren't warned .
"Victoria bushfire inferno's path of destruction," from The Daily Telegraph , February 9 (thanks to all who sent this in):
VICTORIA remains under a shroud of smoke and grief today with thousands homeless and at least 134 people dead after the worst ...
Australia economy shrinks, on edge of recession
americablog.com 3/4/2009 — For years the Australian economy had prospered as it hitched itself to the booming economies of China and the region. It was difficult to argue against being linked to one of the hottest economies that consumed the vast natural resources available in Australia. The problem with being attached to ...
AUSTRALIA, NO TO SHARIA LAW.
israpundit.com 3/22/2009 — Prime Minister Kevin Rudd - Australia
Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks.
Separately, Kevin angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by ...