Massive devastation in Australian bushfires - 9 Feb 09

An emotional Kevin Rudd, Australia's prime minister, has described the deaths of scores of people in wildfires as "mass murder".

The fires spread through rapidly through communities in southern Australia, as desperate residents tried to flee the flames.

Al Jazeera's Tarek Bazley reports.

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[MendeliviuM]

For such a comment, you only deserve all that is bad in life. How can you be so ignorant and completely imbecilic!

Shame on you!

[kiaraxoxo96]

same.. howard is better.

although rudd has his moments when you can tell he's been affected by the situation immensley, this is one of them

How can you be professional and with a emotionless face when people are dying before your eyes, you cant.

[sapphire60s]

@damon79 Thankyou for your comment. I am a much traumatized survivor of the Kinglake fire and I had the luck to meet Mr. Rudd. I watched him and he was wonderful, he listened, hugged and had a tear for us as well. So many fucking rubberneckers came and made merry on burnt home sites, posed and smiled like a hunter who shot his prey, it was a tough time for us and we are still suffering two years later. Lots of us are in counseling beccause we just cannot get over the horror and death.

[sapphire60s]

@aandiee I just saw your idiotic comment. How do you know Kevin Rudd was acting moron. I am a traumatized survivor of the Kinglake fire and I have photos of Mr. Rudd and believe me, he was more uplifting by his presence and his willingness to hug people and listen to our horror stories. Bet you would have been one of the fucking rubberneckers who posed and smiled on burnt out homes while we tried to explain that those burnt out properties were still someone's home. You know nothing.

[33noa33]

Use mighty power of nature

In the northwestern Australia, we have huge tides,

huge evaporation and huge dry rivers and lakes.

Evaporation is up to 4m per year.

Huge 12m tidal erosion can revive old dry paleo dormant once mighty rivers, creeks and lakes,

desalinate the country and change deserts to rain forests to provide more rain across Australia = less Bush Fires

World population is growing rapidly and we need more land, energy, food, water.

see: Mitic CLIMATE ENGINEERING

[iamborat100]

@dayal35 A large percent of patriotic Australians are not white, in fact many are from Indian, Asian and American ethnic backgrounds.

[bricki1304]

Hey walkabout...if only you had any idea how the Goverment operates!!! why dont u go for a long walk bout off a short bridge!!!dumb cunt

[bricki1304]

Australia can thank the Goverement for this catastrophy! It is there fault

[hollyroxsox]

thanks, no my family was not hurt, but so many other peoples families were killed and hurt severly, i am scared as the next fire season is not far away, please pray, where are you from?

[JamSamwitch3102]

I hope your family was not hurt

[hollyroxsox]

the fires were terrible...i was there

[ConnexTrains]

Could say the same about the Idians. Rude as hell!