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Australia's fossil fuel giants discover charity as fires rage

Government sees no direct link between climate change and bushfires

SHAUN TURTON, Contributing Writer
January 10, 2020 14:58 JST

MELBOURNE -- Australia's giant fossil fuel companies are facing mounting calls to help build a more climate-resilient economy as devastating bushfires have laid waste to an area twice the size of Belgium.

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