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| Australian bushfires not down to climate change, says Tony Abbott | |
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| The Australian government has staunchly rejected arguments that wildfires ravaging parts of the country's east after a record hot start to the current spring season are the result of climate change. | The Australian government has staunchly rejected arguments that wildfires ravaging parts of the country's east after a record hot start to the current spring season are the result of climate change. |
| The blazes around Sydney in New South Wales state follow an extraordinarily dry winter and the hottest September in the region on record, and have rekindled the climate change debate in both Australia and around the world. | The blazes around Sydney in New South Wales state follow an extraordinarily dry winter and the hottest September in the region on record, and have rekindled the climate change debate in both Australia and around the world. |
| Prime Minister Tony Abbott has dismissed as "hogwash" links reported in the media between global warming and the fires that have razed more than 200 homes and left two people dead. | Prime Minister Tony Abbott has dismissed as "hogwash" links reported in the media between global warming and the fires that have razed more than 200 homes and left two people dead. |
| The environment minister, Greg Hunt, backed his prime minister, saying no individual event can be linked to climate change. | The environment minister, Greg Hunt, backed his prime minister, saying no individual event can be linked to climate change. |
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