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THE Queensland premier says it’s “very convenient” to blame climate change for conditions that have always occurred in Australia. Campbell Newman made the comment after federal Nationals Leader Warren Truss said it was “utterly simplistic” to draw a link between climate change and Australia’s recent heatwave and bushfire crisis.

But last week, the federal government’s Climate Commission said the heatwave and bushfires had been exacerbated by global warming.

On Monday, Mr Newman was asked if he believed there was a link between the bushfires, the heatwave and climate change.

“It’s very convenient to blame things that have happened in this country for millennia on climate change,” he replied…….

“I believe we can leave to the experts to make the debate about whether that’s the case….

“The Climate Commission says climate change is making heatwaves more frequent and making it more likely they will stay for longer,” The Australian Conservation Foundation spokesman Tony Mohr said in a statement. “The same body of climate experts expects extreme fire danger days to rise more than 15 per cent in most of eastern Australia.” http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/climate-change-talk-convenient-newman/story-fn3dxiwe-1226553573449