@article{ref1,
title="Burning Issue -- The Politicization of a Bushfire",
journal="International journal of mass emergencies and disasters",
year="1990",
author="Robbins, J. R.",
volume="8",
number="3",
pages="325-340",
abstract="The Stirling bushfire of 1980 produced the first substantial claim for disaster liability against a South Australian local authority. In the absence of precedent and clear rules of process, this developed into a long and costly legal battle lasting nine years and then developed into a political conflict between the Council and the ruling Labor State government. The community is riven by discord about the terms of settlement. A positive outcome has been the establishment of a local Government Association Mutual Liability Scheme which indicates the possibility of local government collaboration as an alternative to a state-local relationship with its concomitant conflict.<p />",
language="",
issn="0280-7270",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}