“Fire is a part of the Australian experience.”

—  Tony Abbott

Quoted in "UN official 'talking through her hat' on bushfires and climate change, says Tony Abbott" http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/un-official-talking-through-her-hat-on-bushfires-and-climate-change-says-tony-abbott-20131023-2w0mz.html in the Sydney Morning Herald, October 23, 2013.
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