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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Sun 27 Oct, 2013 Top Stories More Top Stories » Danish royals visit bushfire-ravaged Winmalee Hundreds of people from the Winmalee community devastated by the recent bushfires have turned out to welcome Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark to the Blue Mountains. Winmalee, west of Sydney, was the area hit hardest by the recent bushfires with about 190 homes lost. The royal couple headed straight for the crowds, accepting flowers and talking to locals who lost their homes. Fires continue to burn in the Blue Mountains this afternoon, with a watch-and-act alert in place for the State Mine fire near Lithgow that has so far burnt more than 520 square kilometres. 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The pressure to fudge medical research findings How to treat unhappy doctor syndrome Bob's his uncle: Bill Shorten's path to power Bushfires, climate and the debate we have to have Our political future Does Treasury need to move to the big smoke? The case for George Bailey Just In More Just In » Danish royals visit bushfire-ravaged Winmalee Hundreds of people from the Winmalee community devastated by the recent bushfires have turned out to welcome Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark to the Blue Mountains. Winmalee, west of Sydney, was the area hit hardest by the recent bushfires with about 190 homes lost. The royal couple headed straight for the crowds, accepting flowers and talking to locals who lost their homes. Fires continue to burn in the Blue Mountains this afternoon, with a watch-and-act alert in place for the State Mine fire near Lithgow that has so far burnt more than 520 square kilometres. 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More » 500 jobs to go as Electrolux plant at Orange to close IBM quietly slashing Australian jobs BHP Billiton moves to block activist's board tilt Twitter IPO documents value company at $11.3 billion Politics More Politics » Government finalising inquiry into home insulation scheme The Federal Government is close to finalising the terms of reference for its proposed judicial inquiry into the former Labor government's home insulation scheme. Four young men died during the rollout of the scheme in 2009 and 2010 as Labor sought to stimulate the economy during the global financial crisis. The Coalition has promised a judicial inquiry would shine a spotlight on what Labor ministers knew about warnings and dangers of the scheme. Sunday papers published by News Corp Australia have detailed what they say are draft terms of reference for the proposed inquiry. 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