Australian Bushfires
Daily update ⋅ 25 February 2020
Miley Cyrus To Headline Australian Bushfire Relief Charity Concert
HuffPost Australia
Miley Cyrus To Headline Australian Bushfire Relief Charity Concert ... heading to Australia next month to headline a bushfire relief charity concert.
G8 Education takes occupancy rate hit from bushfires, coronavirus
The Sydney Morning Herald
G8 Education takes occupancy rate hit from bushfires, coronavirus ... "Everyone is feeling it ... the specific impact for the bushfires is that, if you're in a ... Canaccord Genuinty Australia head of research Aaron Muller said he was ...
World's top climate negotiator condemns Australian response to climate change
ABC News
"I am deeply pained by the attitude of the current Australian Government, that still after the worst disaster that has ever hit the planet, the bushfires in ...
Already 1-in-6 Australian businesses have been affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19)
Roy Morgan Research (press release)
This new threat to business comes after over a quarter of Australian businesses (28%) said they have been affected by the extensive bushfires over ...
Thanks to Gaza's Israeli neighbours who donated to Australian bushfire victims
J-Wire Jewish Australian News Service
The people of Sderot and the Shaar Hanegev region have been under a nearly constant barrage of rockets from Gaza over the past 20 years yet they ...
'Dear Scotty': Australian celebrities are urging Scott Morrison to take action on climate change
SBS
In the video, bushfire survivors and Aussie personalities ask the prime minister "what sort of world" he wants his daughters to grow up in as a family ...
Support the 'road to recovery' travel campaigns in Australia
PS News
Australians have been through a nightmare summer – with bushfires and floods – causing record-breaking damage across the continent. Fires, in ...
Volunteer farmers help with bushfire rebuild
Farming Ahead (press release)
In early January, Paul Brown, Geraldton, Western Australia, took to social media to gauge interest in an idea of a Western Australian convoy to ...
Recycling to help Australia's koalas
The Australian
... can now help the environment in more ways than one by opting to donate their container refund to support Australia's bushfire-devastated wildlife.
Consumption-driven climate change leaves poor worse off
Mirage News
“We know that long-term investment is key, but when nations attempt to recover from disasters like the Australian bushfires, they usually focus on ...
Climate of change: How the bushfires are forcing pension funds to go green
PS News
Matthew Burgess* says the recent bushfires have seen increased pressure on Australia's pension funds to take more direct steps to combat climate ...
Bushfires may have blackened hills, but survivors are turning to whatever silver linings they can
ABC News
While South Australia's recent bushfires have caused destruction — and deaths — some survivors feel they have no choice but to look for whatever ...
Prancing Pony raises funds, community spirit after fires with global Resilience beer effort
The Advertiser
Adelaide Hills brewery Prancing Pony is one of five South Australian and more than 200 interstate and overseas craft beer makers who have united to ...
Greenpeace Calls On A Swathe Of Stars To Urge PM To Embrace Clean Energy
B&T
A swathe of Australian actors, musicians, athletes, and bushfire survivors are urging the prime minister to sever ties with the coal industry and embrace ...
Reducing fuel loads will 'reduce bushfire risk'
NEWS.com.au
Former CSIRO scientist David Packham OAM says he is delighted the Australian public understand that hazard reduction 'is the key' to reducing the ...
Image that will haunt Australians
Chronicle
The memorial was held to recognise the devastating toll of the bushfires that ripped through much of NSW, where thousands of homes were damaged ...
I made bushfire maps from satellite data, and found a glaring gap in Australia's preparedness
Property Observer (press release)
After many horrific weeks of bushfires, the winds had again shifted, and the fire front began a slow, nightmarish march eastward into the island's ...
Lightning midcourter to lead All-Stars in charity match
Chinchilla News
... named captain of the Suncorp Super Netball All-Stars team, which will collide with the Australian Diamonds for bushfire relief in Sydney on Sunday.
Stockland supports communities with up to $300000 in 2020 Care Grants
Belinda Daly (press release) (blog)
... community groups across Australia with the 2020 CARE Grants program. ... the relief, recovery and rebuilding efforts of the Australian bushfires.
Charity walker arrives in Echuca as part of 1600km trek
Riverine Herald
RETIRED Australian Navy veteran Andre Jones made a pit-stop in Echuca on Friday as part of a 1600km walk around Victoria. The 58-year-old ...
Tickets still available to Aussie Spirit Auction
The Shout
The Aussie Spirit Auction, which is raising funds for bushfire and drought relief, is taking place in Sydney on Friday, 28 February and some tickets are ...
Charities: Is trust in surplus or deficit?
Pro Bono Australia
Last weekend Australians and internationals opened their hearts and their wallets again during the Fire Aid Concert for bushfire relief. $9.5m was ...
Footy legend Rex Hunt to call 3AW's State of Origin for Bushfire Relief match
MuMbrella
Footy legend Rex Hunt to call 3AW's State of Origin for Bushfire Relief match ... Rex Hunt said: “What we've seen throughout Australia this summer has ...
