Australian Bushfires
Daily update ⋅ 5 February 2020
Lots of people want to help nature after the bushfires – we must seize the moment
Monash Lens
For many Australians, the bushfire disaster could represent such a turning point, marking the moment they adopt new, long-term actions to help nature.
Prefab industry set for more business after Australia's bushfires
The Fifth Estate
The local offsite construction industry expects Australian to follow the pattern in wildfire-affected California and take advantage of this fast, high quality ...
Every Developer Who Has Donated To The Australian Bushfires
Kotaku Australia
Australia's ongoing bushfire crisis is not yet over. But against a backdrop of continued heartache and suffering, so many people around the world have ...
RFS boss relaxes position on national bushfire inquiry
The Sydney Morning Herald
Mr Morrison wants former Australian Defence Force chief Mark Binskin to lead the royal commission, promising a national inquiry into the bushfire ...
Australian bushfires: 000 call takers sew for injured wildlife
Herald Sun
A group of call takers have taken to using their shift breaks to craft items that will help care for wildlife injured or orphaned in the recent bushfire crisis.
'This is the Black Summer': Federal MPs spend first day back reflecting on bushfires
SBS
US Ambassador to Australia Arthur B. Culvahouse (second right) attends the Australian Bushfires condolences motion at Parliament House in ...
Stories of Hope and Survival From Australia's Bushfires
PETA Australia (press release) (blog)
It's been a tough start to 2020, particularly for the koalas, kangaroos, lizards, snakes, birds, bats, sheep, cows, and other animals who call Australia ...
Faith No More's first Australian headline tour in 23 years
The Sydney Morning Herald
Faith No More's first Australian headline tour in 23 years and first shows in five years will also raise money for Australian bushfire relief. One dollar ...
Faith No More Announce 2020 Australian Tour - Music Feeds
Reserve Bank of Australia holds fire on cut to record cash low rate
The West Australian
An upbeat Reserve Bank held the cash rate at a record low 0.75 per cent while having “surprisingly” little to say about the headwinds presented by the ...
Reserve Bank leaves interest rates on hold despite bushfires and coronavirus - ABC Local
Businesses share blame for bushfires: Bandt
The Australian Financial Review
Newly-anointed Greens leader Adam Bandt says some of Australia's biggest companies share responsibility for the summer bushfire crisis, warning ...
Bushfires: Scott Morrison hails resilience, courage and sacrifice
The Australian
“This is not even fire as usual. ... She began her career at The Australian in 2015 working for the digital team before joining the Sydney bureau as a ...
Agriculture industry counting the cost of the bushfires
ABC News
This summer's bushfires have taken a huge emotional and financial toll with farmers among the hardest hit. And the flow-on effects are certain to affect ...
Faith No More Are Playing An Australian Bushfire Benefit Show, Just Not In Australia
Music Feeds
As we hold our breath to find out whether tomorrow will bring forth the Faith No More Australian tour announcement we've been waiting for, it's come to ...
Museums urge more action on climate change
The Australian
The statement said the impact of the recent fires on Australia's biodiversity was on a “scale not previously seen since record-keeping began in the ...
ACTU Emergency Services Summit does not represent Australia's professional career firefighters
Mirage News
ACTU Emergency Services Summit does not represent Australia's ... to discuss union members' issues in relation to the recent Australian bushfires, ...
Surf boat competitors describe becoming first responders as bushfires hit NSW south coast
ABC News
Henley surf club member Johno Hersey from South Australia was one of the first responders in Malua Bay, calming the crowds sheltering on the beach ...
Australia's fireflies among those in trouble amid global extinction threat
The New Daily
Habitat loss was the main impactor on firefly population – and it's been recently replicated here with the summer of bushfires, Australia's leading firefly ...
Bidding opens for ultimate Bushfire Bash fan experiences
cricket.com.au
All match profits and funds raised on the day will go to the Australian Red Cross ... Match 2: Bushfire Cricket Bash, Ponting XI v Warne XI @ SCG.
'Bushfire brandalism': Artists hijack advertising space in Sydney and Melbourne to call for climate ...
SBS
Outdoor advertisements in Australia's capital cities have been replaced with artworks protesting the government's response to climate change in what ...
Insurers put focus on climate change as bushfire claims bill tops $1.3b
The Sydney Morning Herald
The cost of the east coast bushfire crisis to insurance companies has surpassed that of Victoria's Black Saturday fires, making it one of Australia's most ...
Michael McCormack defeats Barnaby Joyce in Nationals leadership spill as Parliament returns to ...
ABC News (blog)
... Mark Binskin lead a royal commission into Australia's summer bushfire disaster. ... given the entire day of Parliament was dedicated to the bushfires.
Boorowa reflects on bushfire crisis and the Australian spirit
Boorowa News
The Australian spirit and the opportunities provided to those who come from across the seas were the themes of the addresses at Boorowa's Australia ...
Kew Gardens could help Aust bushfire zones
The Canberra Times
A British minister hopes experts from Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew will help to restore parts of Australia's wilderness devastated by bushfires.
Canberra bushfire that shut down airport and threatened homes was accidentally caused by ...
ABC News
A fire that threatened homes and shut down the Canberra Airport was ... Plant Health Australia, which coordinates the program nationally, said it had ...
'They're not honouring the people that gave their lives': Canberra's leadership tussles distract from ...
SBS
Australians affected by this summer's bushfires say Canberra's leadership tussles have overshadowed a day meant for those devastated by the ...
Fires have left huge scar on NSW: premier
The Australian
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has used her first speech to parliament this year to pay tribute to the victims of the unprecedented bushfire crisis which she ...
NSW parliament subdued as full impact of bushfire horror hits
The Australian
“The scale of these bushfires is unprecedented,” Ms Berejiklian said. “Never before ... Yoni Bashan is The Australian's NSW political correspondent.
The bushfires have devastated Australia's trees. But they also bear the scars of colonisation
ABC News
The ongoing bushfire crisis continues to draw international attention to Australia's landscape, with images of trees — ablaze or charred — beamed ...
Senators praise resilient bushfire victims
The Canberra Times
Ivy Tyrrell might be typical of thousands of babies born each year in regional Australia but raging bushfires meant her January delivery was anything ...
Australian Rally Championship test relocated due to Canberra bushfire threat
The Canberra Times
Australian rally championship officials have been forced to relocate a pre-season test in Kowen Forest due to the bushfires raging on Canberra's ...
