Australian Bushfires
Daily update ⋅ 16 February 2020
Australia bushfires: Comedian Celeste Barber's $52 million fundraising effort for NSW firefighters ...
7NEWS.com.au
Lawyers for Celeste Barber and the NSW Rural Fire Service are expected to meet in a bid to unlock $52 million raised by the comedian's bushfire ...
Celeste Barber's $52m bushfire fund stalls - The Australian
Lawyers for Celeste Barber and RFS to meet over $52m donation impasse - Daily Telegraph
Fire Fight Australia concert kicks off to support firefighters and those impacted by the bushfire crisis
7NEWS.com.au
Australia's firefighters have put themselves in the line of bushfires which ravaged the country, causing death and widespread destruction. Now it's time ...
Olivia Newton-John to Host "Fire Fight Australia" Benefit Concert With Musical Guests - E! Online
Celeste Barber adds her star power to the Fire Fight Australia relief concert - Daily Telegraph
Patty Mills visits bushfire-affected communities on NBA All-Star break
7NEWS.com.au
Patty Mills visits bushfire-affected communities on NBA All-Star break ... “The Australian fires are leaving an unprecedented amount of devastation,” he ...
'Environmental doom': The growing concern over 'eco-anxiety' in kids
Yahoo News Australia
It's no good us saying we're insulated or isolated, because this [the bushfire crisis] has shown Australia isn't. “We're not in conflict like some other ...
Think Australia's bushfires killed a lot of animals? Weak environmental laws threaten the lives of ...
ABC Local
This summer, bushfires have wiped out an estimated one billion animals ... Australia has one of the highest rates of extinction of any country in the ...
Endangered Corroboree Frogs survive bushfires in Victoria
Australasian Leisure Management (press release)
Endangered Corroboree Frogs survive bushfires in Victoria ... AIS Water, the trading name of Australian Innovative Systems, is a multi-award winning, ...
Parliamentary Secretary Oliphant concludes visit to Australia
Mirage News
... in Australia, Parliamentary Secretary Oliphant visited the Victoria State Control Centre, which directs efforts to deal with the devastating bushfires.
Coronavirus warning for Coles' latest Stikeez campaign
Yahoo Finance Australia (blog)
... a sharp reduction in tourist and international student numbers, thanks to the double whammy of the coronavirus travel ban and Australian bushfires, ...
'Our own little Live Aid': Conrad Sewell's hope for Fire Fight Australia
Brisbane Times
Watching the bushfire devastation in Australia from his home in Los Angeles, Brisbane-born singer Conrad Sewell knew he wanted to help out in any ...
Parks Victoria collaborates to protect historic huts from bushfires
Australasian Leisure Management (press release)
Parks Victoria rangers, Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) ... printed Australasian Leisure Management magazine - if you don't already do so.
Drone technology is being developed in Canberra to help fight bushfires in real time
The Canberra Times
An army of drones could protect Australia from bushfires and help in alpine search and rescue efforts if a collaboration between the University of ...
NSW fire trucks need upgrade: firefighters
NEWS.com.au
The Weekend Australian reports that the NSW Rural Fire Service Association submitted a business case to the government to upgrade the fleet of ...
Firefighters urge NSW government to update ageing fleet of fire trucks - 7NEWS.com.au
Clever detection dogs track down both threatened koalas and rare plants
Australasian Leisure Management (press release)
During last year's devastating bushfires, a fire burned over 6,000 hectares of the ... The fire front in Maryvale had been so strong that the five-star Spicers ... industry, Karen Sweaney is Editor of Australasian Leisure Management.
Prince Harry should be touring Australia, not William and Kate
Daily Telegraph
It has been announced Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge will be coming to Australia to tour bushfire-affected regions. That is great ...
Mogo pop-up mall to give fire-hit retailers a lift
The Australian
“The Mogo pop-up mall is giving burnt out small business owners hope and reassurance that the Australian business community cares about them,” ...
Fire Fight Australia: Russell Crowe to present tribute, Olivia Newton-John to sing with John Farnham
Daily Telegraph
Oscar winner Russell Crowe will be a special guest and showbiz legend Olivia Newton-John will perform for the first time in two years to help raise ...
How authorities are navigating language barriers during bushfire, coronavirus emergencies
SBS
From the bushfire crisis to the coronavirus, and the dangers brought by torrential rain, the Australian summer has been overwhelmed by emergencies.
Music giants unite to help bushfire effort
Blue Mountains Gazette
More than 70,000 people are expected at the colossal Fire Fight Australia event on Sunday, which according to organisers sold-out within 24-hours of ...
Cruising into Darwin: Queen Mary 2 Visitors to spend $700000 in Top End
Mirage News
“Tourism is a vital part of the NT's economy and the Territory Labor Government is working to minimise the impacts of the Australian bushfires and the ...
Farmers fight fires that burnt 264000ha
Farm Weekly
WORKING to control a bushfire on a neighbouring property almost proved costly for Ken Graham, Hyden, last week when the fire spread and came ...
Free psychological help for vets and wildlife carers post-bushfires
Great Lakes Advocate
Free psychological help for vets and wildlife carers post-bushfires ... partnered with Australian Association of Psychologists Inc (AAPi) to connect those ...
Vic public entity executives lose bonuses
Yahoo News Australia
... TAFE institutes and water authorities, along with bodies such as Parks Victoria, the Country Fire Authority and the Australian Grand Prix Corporation.
South Coast bushfire victims still without phone coverage
The Sydney Morning Herald
Residents in parts of the fire-ravaged NSW South Coast are still without phone ... The Australian Defence Force and the state government have been ...
Remembering a summer of devastation
The Canberra Times
For those who weren't impacted directly, there was the bushfire smoke that ... this summer will come to be seen as a defining moment in Australia.
Australia's great divide Bernard SaltFollow @BernardSalt
The Australian
And this summer's bushfires have been interpreted as the self-evident ... To some extent Australian society has always been wracked by social ...
Rain 'buoys' NSW South Coast businesses despite forcing closure of beaches
ABC News
The bushfires cut off large areas of the NSW coastal region and forced the ... The Business Council of Australia has even organised a pop-up mall in ...
