Australian Bushfires
Daily update ⋅ 13 February 2020
Climate change, security, and the Australian bushfires
The Interpreter
It's hard to understate the devastation of the Australian bushfires of 2019–20. More than 30 people have been killed, communities devastated, millions ...
You Me At Six release a new single to benefit Australian bushfire relief
Brag Magazine
English pop-punk outfit You Me At Six have shared their new single 'Our House (The Mess We Made)' to raise funds for the Australian bushfire relief ...
Talking Point: ScoMo took deep hit from inept initial response to bushfires
The Mercury
THE Australian bushfires claimed the lives of three Americans as their Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashed in the Snowy Mountains in NSW on a water ...
Syrian refugee children in Jordan draw pictures for Australian bushfire survivors
ABC News
More than 12,000 kilometres from Australia, in a small town in Jordan, nine-year-old Syrian refugees Ayman and twin brother Anas Tahleh began ...
More than 100 animal species in Australia in need of 'urgent intervention' after this summer's ...
SBS
More than 100 Australian animal species are in need of "urgent management intervention" as a direct result of this summer's catastrophic fire season, ...
2020 Superloop Adelaide 500 to support bushfire relief
Mirage News
The Superloop Adelaide 500 today announced a number of initiatives to support the communities and people affected by the recent South Australian ...
#ArsonEmergency: how 'fake news' created an information crisis about the bushfires
Brisbane Times
Australia's bushfires – and the coronavirus outbreak – are all ripe for misinformation, disinformation and all around confusion. How does false news ...
Fire near Port Macquarie extinguished after 210 days
The Sydney Morning Herald
A fire that had been burning for nearly seven months in northern NSW has finally been extinguished, after a unique effort from several organisations.
Bush and peat fire burning for 210 days in NSW declared 'out' in wake of weekend deluge - ABC News
Dave's home was almost destroyed by bushfires, now he thinks his coal town has to change
ABC News
64 per cent of Australians agree more should be done to address climate action; Dave O'Brien, a victim of recent bushfires, says he wants climate
'A bit of a mess': Business baffled by bushfire loan delays
The Sydney Morning Herald
Bushfire-affected businesses in Victoria and South Australia are still waiting for applications to open for concessional loans unveiled by the federal ...
Native Australian flowers in short supply after bushfires
Townsville Bulletin
Native Australian flowers in short supply after bushfires ... florists are cut off from their usual native Australian flower supply after the summer bushfires.
Government failure has led to Australia becoming the new Easter Island
Independent Australia
ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY, the devastating Australian bushfires and the multi-million dollar sports grants scandal have starkly revealed the reality ...
Bushfire-ravaged wallabies and wildlife receive food air drops backed by Woolworths, charities
9News
Bushfire-ravaged wallabies and wildlife receive food air drops backed by ... including on South Australia's Kangaroo Island, where fires decimated ...
Millions looked to The Australian for bushfire facts
The Australian
Comprehensive coverage of bushfires this summer saw more readers than ever turn to The Australian's digital platforms in January, which recorded ...
Insurance premiums rising after long summer of bushfires, storms and floods
ABC News
The Insurance Council of Australia said the September bushfires were the first of six catastrophic weather events to hit Australia's east coast in the past ...
Our savage history of fighting bushfires
Pursuit
This Australian summer brought with it devastating bushfires affecting many ... And the cost of bushfires in terms of human lives can be enormous.
Bushfires, coronavirus crash Sydney hotel revenues
The Australian Financial Review
Bushfires, coronavirus crash Sydney hotel revenues ... Forecasts from the Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) that a 10 to 20 per cent fall in ...
Further event growth for AIME 2020
Australasian Leisure Management (press release)
While 2020 has seen challenges that have affected the business events industry both nationally, with the Australian bushfires, and globally with the ...
Timber industry to call for new support package following devastating fires
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian Forestry Products Association and state timber groups have also called for state and federal government support to "salvage" millions ...
The Australian audience watching the Super Bowl
AdNews
The Super Bowl is growing in popularity among Australians. ... elections and the Australian bushfires have been popular among the audience.
'After all This Place Has Been Through': Fire-Ravaged Australian Town Hit by Severe Floods
NEWS.com.au
A month after bushfires ravaged the New South Wales South Coast town of Lake Conjola, residents battled floodwater, with many forced to evacuate ...
Can legal action force governments and businesses to respond to climate change?
ABC News
Australia's devastating summer bushfires, and now flooding rains, fit with scientific predictions for how climate change might affect the weather.
Hotel Wrap: WA and NSW hospitality to get $10 million boost, W Bali's bushfire relief + MORE
Travel Weekly
W Bali – Seminyak has launched an initiative to raise funds for Australia's bushfire recovery effort through an online silent auction. The hotel will be ...
Coronavirus to punish consumers, economic hit four times that of fires
Brisbane Times
BIS Oxford Economics senior economist Sarah Hunter said the combination of the virus with bushfires would likely reduce Australian GDP by almost ...
CSIRO to support Australia's bushfire rebuild
Prime Mover
Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, has welcomed its role in delivering practical resilience measures in relation to bushfires and climate ...
Only one bushfire-hit business given loan
Yahoo News Australia
Almost 300 bushfire-hit businesses have applied for federal government ... in NSW since February 3, with another 60 submitted in South Australia.
Banksy's Weston Super Mare artwork to be auctioned off for Victorian bushfires appeal fund
9News
The exhibition will include almost 100 works from Australian and international street artists such as Rone, Adnate and D*Face donated by a range of
WWF Australia collaborate with Woolworths and Foodbank to support wildlife
Australasian Leisure Management (press release)
Peters added “the impact of these bushfires on Australian wildlife has captured the attention of our teams and customers, who are looking to us as a ...
Eco-terrorists may have lit fires: senator
The Canberra Times
A Liberal senator believes "eco-terrorists" could have lit Australia's bushfires, echoing a right-wing conspiracy theory spread on social media.
