Australian Bushfires
Daily update ⋅ 15 February 2020
Insurers factor Australian bushfires into climate catastrophe projections
ABC Local
Global insurers are continuing to count the cost from the recent bushfires crisis in Australia, while calculating the risk of future climate related ...
Australian bushfires extinguished, but climate rows rage on
Yahoo News Australia
Australia's "black summer" of devastating bushfires is finally coming to a close, but bitter arguments over how to tackle climate-fuelled disasters are ...
Hitting the target: business tries to break the deadlock on climate - The Australian Financial Review
For the first time this season, all bushfires in NSW are now contained
SBS
In what has been a very traumatic, exhausting and anxious bush fire season so far, for the first time this season all bush and grass fires in NSW are ...
NSW bushfires contained after week of rain - NEWS.com.au
All NSW Bushfires Contained For First Time In Nearly Six Months - HuffPost Australia
Bushfires: How system failed our courageous volunteers
The Australian
The Weekend Australian can reveal that a funding plea from the NSW Rural Fire Service to upgrade thousands of dilapidated and outdated trucks has ...
Everything you need to know about Fire Fight Australia - NEWS.com.au
South-west initiatives raised a staggering amount for the Australian bushfire crisis
Warrnambool Standard
Since the bushfire crisis destroyed millions of hectares of land throughout New South Wales and Victoria, stacks of south-west initiatives sprung up for ...
Tragedy left Australian NFL prospect Jordan Mailata feeling 'helpless'
NEWS.com.au
Tragedy left Australian NFL prospect Jordan Mailata feeling 'helpless' ... As Australia was ravaged by bushfires that dragged on for months, Mailata ...
Aussie Valentine? Why a rose by any other country would smell as sweet
9News
It's Valentine's Day and love is in the air - but if you've had your heartstrings tugged by social media proclamations about bushfire-ravaged Aussie rose ...
NSW Facing Water Quality Concerns After Bushfires And Heavy Rains
Gizmodo Australia
NSW's water authority has admitted significant amounts of ash and debris have been washed into Sydney's main catchment area in the wake of ...
Australian Fire Aftermath: A Disaster Relief Road Trip
PETA Australia (press release) (blog)
I just returned from a road trip but not the kind you might associate with an Australian summer. There were no singalongs down the highway or rolling ...
Fetch TV purchases $100k worth of Fire Fight Australia tickets to send RFS members to the ...
MuMbrella
Fetch TV has donated $100,000 to the bushfire relief efforts through the purchase of 1000 tickets for RFS volunteers to attend the Fire Fight Australia ...
Celeste Barber, Queen + Adam Lambert to perform at Fire Fight bushfire benefit in Sydney on ...
ABC News
Two dozen Australian and international artists are playing a huge gig in Sydney on Sunday to support those affected by the summer bushfires.
163kg Aussie giant's sad admission
Chronicle
As Australia was ravaged by bushfires that dragged on for months, Mailata ... The concept featured a celebration of Australian culture, with $80,000 ...
Bushfires: 'Disaster fatigue' the biggest danger, warns former GG Peter Cosgrove
The Australian
Former governor-general Peter Cosgrove, now chairman of the business-led effort to repair bushfire-broken communities, warns Australia must avoid ...
Burnt plants in bushfire-hit areas already showing signs of regrowth
The New Daily
In December and January, out-of-control bushfires ripped through East ... And unlike other Australian plants that are well adapted to fire, rainforests ...
Airbnb operators take huge hit amid bushfires, coronavirus, causing some to reconsider the platform
ABC News
The twin disasters of bushfires and coronavirus have devastated Australia's tourism industry resulting in a massive decline in visitor numbers and ...
Bushfire alert: Watch and act issued for Baldivis, with lives and homes under threat
PerthNow
UPDATED: A bushfire that was threatening lives and homes in Perth's south has been controlled but is not yet contained. A watch and act alert that ...
Olivia Newton John tells: "I was so emotional"
Who
From her home on the other side of the world, Olivia Newton-John watched aghast as this season's deadly fires destroyed huge chunks of her ...
Morrison Government delivers laws to strengthen and protect Australian consumers and businesses
Mirage News
Morrison Government delivers laws to strengthen and protect Australian ... bushfire affected communities and to better protect Australian consumers ...
Photos of the week, February 13, 2020
Brisbane Times
She is contributing to an Australian science experiment to build your own ... Properties in Mogo that were damaged by the recent bushfires are now ...
Bushfires: Kangaroo Island anger over rebuilding delay
The Australian
Kangaroo Island garlic farmer Shane Leahy was a VIP guest at last week's special sitting of the South Australian parliament about the bushfire crisis ...
Bushfires: Fires force new thinking on rebuild of critical infrastructure
The Australian
Critical infrastructure will need to be future-proofed against bushfire ... Mr Colvin, the former Australian Federal Police commissioner appointed to lead ...
Home sweet home
The Australian
As we set out, the bushfires are gathering momentum but the full ... packages and cheap airfares, my money will be staying in Australia again this year.
'Love this': Australian Open champion floored by incredible photo
Yahoo Sport Australia
Alcott proudly declared he'd raised more than $40,000 for the disabled affected by Australia's bushfires following his 6-0 6-4 final triumph in the ...
Australian retailers say they need a tax 'holiday' and a freeze on increases to the minimum wage
The Advertiser
Australian retailers say they need a tax 'holiday' and a freeze on increases to ... minimum wage for businesses affected by bushfires and coronavirus.
Girl Guides' pouches for animals project extends to South Africa
Courier Mail
The pouches for animals injured in Australia's 2019-2020 bushfire crisis hand-made by long-time Girl Guide, Esme Richard from Durban, South Africa.
Bushfires, rain expose lost Qld waterfalls
The Australian
Long-forgotten waterfalls have been revealed in the Scenic Rim after bushfires stripped away overgrowth, mayor Greg Christensen said. "It's looking ...
ENVIRONMENTALISM Bushfires are being used as fuel for green polling
News Weekly
Since the widespread bushfires in Australia, the media has been having a field day linking the fires to climate change and highlighting polling that ...
Long clean-up on Kangaroo Island is further distressing residents, after the destructive bushfires in ...
The Advertiser
Australian Army Sapper Paul Tighe chainsaws debris in the Kelly Hill ... into the Flinders Ch
