amazing pic - Aerial photo shows fire approaching Siding Spring Observatory latest fire warning says the fire is heading away from the Observatory, but it has destroyed 2 properties & is headed towards others.

Heatwave exacerbated by climate change: says report by Climate Commission A new report from the Federal Government's Climate Commission says the heatwave and bushfires that have affected Australia this week have been exacerbated by global warming.

The report - Off the Charts: Extreme Australian Summer Heat - warns of more extreme bushfires and hotter, longer, bigger and more frequent heatwaves, due to climate change.

It says the number of record heat days across Australia has doubled since 1960 and more temperature records are likely to be broken as hot conditions continue this summer.

When Prime Minister Julia Gillard linked the heatwave with climate change this week, the acting Opposition Leader Warren Truss said that was utterly simplistic.

But climate change experts have no doubt that climate change is a factor in the current conditions. (read on)

Our Liberal Party (ie.right wing) opposition does not believe in climate change/global warming