Australian Bushfires
Daily update ⋅ 26 January 2020
NEWS
Australia accused of 'sleepwalking to catastrophe' as nation starts to count bushfire toll on wildlife
Courier Mail
Part of the reason why we have such a poor grasp of the bushfires' impact on native animals is that “monitoring in Australia has been really quite poor” ...
Australian Bushfires: Investigators hoping for answers
9News
Safety investigators hope they'll soon have an answer as to what caused a water bomber to crash, killing three American firefighters. Added5 minutes ...
Bushfires on minds at Australian awards
The Canberra Times
All people involved in tackling the bushfire emergency are "Australians of the ... South Australian eye surgeon Dr James Muecke wants to put the fight ...
Australian of the Year 2020 awarded to eye surgeon James Muecke, with Ash Barty, youth ... - ABC News
Eye Surgeon Who Works To Prevent Blindness Named Australian Of The Year - 10 daily
Australia's identity has changed after the bushfire crisis, as the nation unites like we did in war
The Advertiser
Exclusive: The fires that scorched our beach and bush communities have redefined what summer means for Australians and united our country in a ...
Bushfire death toll rises after body found on NSW South Coast
The Weekly Times
Bushfire death toll rises after body found on NSW South Coast ... Multiple fires are burning in Australia's southeast and rising temperatures are causing ...
Queensland poised to lead new bushfire resilience standards
ABC News
Queensland is poised to lead Australia's bushfire recovery efforts and shape new resilience standards, according to the state's bushfire recovery ...
Greg Norman calls for paying Australia's firefighters
The Advertiser
He said the Australian fires had been the most significant tragedy he had seen his homeland experience since he moved overseas in the 1970s, and ...
Matt Corby & More to Feature in Brisbane Bushfire Benefit Concert
97.3FM
The prime Brisbane gig spot has announced a Bushfire Benefit Concert with the goal to raise $100,000 for bushfire relief. Local aussie artists like Matt ...
Bushfire season 'the summer of unprecedented stupidity'
Sky News Australia
Outsiders host Rowan Dean says the current Australian bushfire season “has been the summer of unprecedented stupidity”. “Never before have we ...
Delta Goodrem: 'We are such a proud country'
Daily Telegraph
As Delta Goodrem watched this summer's devastating bushfires unfold ... Fire Fight Australia takes place at Sydney's ANZ Stadium on February 16.
Body found in home after bushfire ravages NSW south coast
NEWS.com.au
Rural Fire Service firefighters extinguish a fire on a property in Moruya on ... the death toll of this bushfire season to 25 in NSW and 33 in Australia.
Bushfires prove the Aussie spirit is more alive than ever, says Olivia Newton John
Herald Sun
I have been watching the coverage of the terrible bushfires from my home in California and it got to a point where I couldn't watch it anymore. It's too ...
This is how much the typical Aussie has donated to the bushfires
Brisbane Times
One in every two Australian adults have donated to the bushfire crisis so far, with the typical donor chipping in $50 each. But expectations of how ...
Australia's Kangaroo Island is looking for volunteers to feed animals injured in bushfires
Business Insider Australia
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) Australia is looking for volunteers to feed local wildlife injured by the bushfires on ...
'Angry' OAM recipient Ludo McFerran says award 'insignificant' as bushfires continue to burn
ABC Local
Ludo McFerran has received an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for ... so important" amid the ongoing bushfire emergency across parts of the country.
Australia honours stars, quiet achievers
The West Australian
As always, the Australia Day Honours List is heavy with famous names, from ... refining Brian's plan to help farmers hit by the unprecedented bushfires.
Seth MacFarlane donates $1 million to Australia Zoo's Wildlife Hospital amid bushfire crisis
7NEWS.com.au
American actor Seth MacFarlane is the latest celebrity to pledge support to Australia's bushfire recovery program, donating $1 million to the Australia ...
Out Of Control, Contained, Safe? Here's What Each Bushfire Status Actually Means
Lifehacker Australia
In this record-breaking bushfire season, notifications from emergency managers have become a familiar feature of Australian life. Terms like “out of ...
National fire medal awarded to CQ Assistant Commissioner
Morning Bulletin
THE AUSTRALIAN Fire Service Medal is awarded to true leaders of the firefighting community, and in 2020, Assistant Commissioner Central Region ...
NFL auctioning off memorabilia from iconic moments to raise funds for bushfire relief
7NEWS.com.au
In the video above: Bushfire emergency escalates in Dianella ... The NFL told its fans the “ongoing bushfires in Australia have been devastating and ...
G'Day USA 2020: Annual A-list event will focus on bushfire relief
Daily Telegraph
For 16 years, the G'Day USA gala in Los Angeles has provided an opportunity for Aussie stars abroad to get together and honour prominent ...
Scientists hate to say 'I told you so'. But Australia, you were warned
Science at ANU
Australian scientists warned the country could face a climate change-driven bushfire crisis by 2020. It arrived on schedule. For several decades, the ...
