In the news Australia - Australian floods extend across Queensland & on the other side Lake Clifton Fire

Euronews | December 31, 2010 | 17 likes, 3 dislikes

Flooding across Australia's northeast is continuing to cause chaos and shows no sign of abating.

The country's now recorded its wettest spring, causing six major river systems in Queensland state to burst their banks.

An area bigger than France and Germany combined has been affected, with some 22 towns across the state inundated, leaving some 200,000 people stranded.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been touring some of the areas hit by the worst floods Australia's experienced in about 50 years.

http://www.euronews.net/

and they are getting worse with Brisbane threatened yesterday 

whilst on the other side of the country there is a shortage of water

getsomenuts07 | January 11, 2011 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

Footage of the Lake Clifton Fire on Monday 10 January 2011.

1. Perth News - ABC Perth - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

   The Western Force are setting their goals high for season 2011, believing last year's injury-ravaged campaign has actually ... Monday 10 January 2011 6:50pm. News Online. Valuable asset . ... Fire engulfs Lake Clifton Photo icon Video icon ... Homeless in Australia. Stories of survival. Back to top. 720 ABC Perth ...
   www.abc.net.au/perth/news/

2. South West WA News - ABC South West WA - Australian Broadcasting ...

   Tuesday 11 January 2011 7:08am. News Online. Smoke from a fire near Lake ...
   www.abc.net.au/southwestwa/news/?page=1

3. Fire - Lake clifton - Page 3

    

   Locals have all been kicked out of the fire zone now apparently - THANK GOODNESS! ... Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia or ... in Lake Clifton, Shire of Waroona Monday 10 January 2011 ? 3:25 PM ...
   www.stockyard.net/.../74949-fire-lake-clifton-3.html - Australia

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Melbourne Australia Formula 1 practice

Surprise - look who is heading the tables today!

Practice 2 (Friday Afternoon)

Pos		No		Driver		Team		Time/Retired		Gap		Laps
1		16		Nico Rosberg		Williams-Toyota		1:26.053				36
2		23		Rubens Barrichello		Brawn-Mercedes		1:26.157		0.104		38
3		9		Jarno Trulli		Toyota		1:26.350		0.297		42
4		14		Mark Webber		RBR-Renault		1:26.370		0.317		30
5		22		Jenson Button		Brawn-Mercedes		1:26.374		0.321		38
6		10		Timo Glock		Toyota		1:26.443		0.390		42
7		17		Kazuki Nakajima		Williams-Toyota		1:26.560		0.507		33
8		15		Sebastian Vettel		RBR-Renault		1:26.740		0.687		19
9		20		Adrian Sutil		Force India-Mercedes		1:27.040		0.987		29
10		3		Felipe Massa		Ferrari		1:27.064		1.011		35
11		4		Kimi Räikkönen		Ferrari		1:27.204		1.151		32
12		7		Fernando Alonso		Renault		1:27.232		1.179		28
13		21		Giancarlo Fisichella		Force India-Mercedes		1:27.282		1.229		32
14		6		Nick Heidfeld		BMW Sauber		1:27.317		1.264		34
15		5		Robert Kubica		BMW Sauber		1:27.398		1.345		36
16		11		Sebastien Bourdais		STR-Ferrari		1:27.479		1.426		36
17		2		Heikki Kovalainen		McLaren-Mercedes		1:27.802		1.749		35
18		1		Lewis Hamilton		McLaren-Mercedes		1:27.813		1.760		31
19		8		Nelsinho Piquet		Renault		1:27.828		1.775		35
20		12		Sebastien Buemi		STR-Ferrari		1:28.076		2.023		33

Practice 1 (Friday Morning)

Pos		No		Driver		Team		Time/Retired		Gap		Laps
1		16		Nico Rosberg		Williams-Toyota		1:26.687				19
2		17		Kazuki Nakajima		Williams-Toyota		1:26.736		0.049		21
3		4		Kimi Räikkönen		Ferrari		1:26.750		0.063		24
4		23		Rubens Barrichello		Brawn-Mercedes		1:27.226		0.539		21
5		2		Heikki Kovalainen		McLaren-Mercedes		1:27.453		0.766		15
6		22		Jenson Button		Brawn-Mercedes		1:27.467		0.780		12
7		3		Felipe Massa		Ferrari		1:27.642		0.955		24
8		10		Timo Glock		Toyota		1:27.710		1.023		24
9		20		Adrian Sutil		Force India-Mercedes		1:27.993		1.306		20
10		7		Fernando Alonso		Renault		1:28.123		1.436		16
11		6		Nick Heidfeld		BMW Sauber		1:28.137		1.450		20
12		9		Jarno Trulli		Toyota		1:28.142		1.455		21
13		5		Robert Kubica		BMW Sauber		1:28.511		1.824		22
14		21		Giancarlo Fisichella		Force India-Mercedes		1:28.603		1.916		16
15		12		Sebastien Buemi		STR-Ferrari		1:28.785		2.098		27
16		1		Lewis Hamilton		McLaren-Mercedes		1:29.042		2.355		18
17		14		Mark Webber		RBR-Renault		1:29.081		2.394		7
18		8		Nelsinho Piquet		Renault		1:29.461		2.774		25
19		11		Sebastien Bourdais		STR-Ferrari		1:29.499		2.812		21
20		15		Sebastian Vettel		RBR-Renault		1:32.784		6.097		4

Pre race comment - no commet - a bit controversial!

A date has been set for the FIA International Court of Appeal hearing over the diffusers on the Brawn GP, Toyota and Williams cars. It will take place in Paris on April 14 in the week prior to round three of the championship, the Chinese Grand Prix.

Stewards passed the cars of all three teams in Melbourne on Thursday, prompting protests from rivals, who believe their diffusers may be illegal. Those protests were rejected, a decision that was subsequently appealed by Ferrari, Red Bull Racing and Renault.

This means that these 3 teams could loose any points scored this weekend and the next GP if Ferrari, Red Bull and Renault are successful with their appeal

What is your opinion? Why not leave a comment about it?

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