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Huawei claims 'no decisions made' by Australian govt on NBN involvement
2013-10-29 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Australia's new government will reportedly uphold ban on Chinese vendor's participation in national broadband network.
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Australian bushfires fan global warming debate
2013-10-26 18:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Australia has been battling unseasonably bad bushfires for weeks. The flames have destroyed hundreds of homes - and have also intensified a political debate about whether there is a link with global warming. Australia's Blue Mountains get their name from the eucalyptus trees that coat their slopes. On a warm day the sun heats up the oils in the trees' vibrant green leaves. As those oils evaporate into the atmosphere it gives the range a shimmering blue hue. For much of this week though the...
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A week is long time in Australian climate change politics
2013-10-25 08:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It was the week where climate change roared back to the top of the national agenda, but not quite in the manner that advocates for rapid action to reduce emissions would have preferred. Tony Abbott and his environment minister, Greg Hunt, made strenuous efforts to downplay any connection between climate change and the New South Wales bushfires, only for the UN climate change chief, a former US vice-president, and even the government's own scientists to express their dissent. Here's a look back...
Australian Army Started Bushfire Blazes, Climate Also Blamed
2013-10-24 03:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Live ordnance training exercises conducted by the Australian Army last week touched off a catastrophic bushfire that has burned more than 47,000 hectares of bushland, a New South Wales Rural Fire Service investigation has determined. The State Mine fire started on Marrangaroo Army Range in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales near the city of near Lithgow last Wednesday, October 16. There were no total fire bans in place at the time. Acting Minister for Defence Senator George Brandis said...
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Australian PM denies climate change link to bushfires
2013-10-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Prime Minister Tony Abbott denied Wednesday that devastating bushfires in Australia were linked to climate change, accusing the United Nations climate chief of "talking through her hat" on the issue. UN climate chief Christiana Figueres said Tuesday that while the latest fires raging west of Sydney could not yet be linked to global warming, there was "absolutely" a connection between wildfires and rising temperatures. "The official in question is talking through her hat," Abbott told radio station...
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