Nation mourns victims

Today the nation will mourn the victims of the Tsunami disaster. Meanwhile on the fire ravaged Eyre Peninsula, the mop up continues after the most devastating bushfire since Ash Wednesday in 1983. I can't help but wonder what the people affected in South Australia will think today when we mourn victims of an overseas disaster which has killed seventeen Australians when they face the grim task of also having to farewell nine of thier own friends and family.

I am not condemning the mark of respect we should show for our neighbours, but I do believe charity begins at home and I fear the victims of last weeks bushfire will be forgotten and thier memory overshadowed by the events in South Asia.

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