Australia provides bushfire assistance to Israel, Hon. Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia, 5 December 2010

Prime Minister Julia Gillard today announced that Australia will provide urgent assistance to help combat the bushfires in Carmel forest in Northern Israel. The three-day old bushfires have already ravaged about 30,000 acres and claimed over 40 lives. The Prime Minister said Australia would move quickly to make both expertise and resources available following a…