Australian Bushfires
Daily update ⋅ 23 March 2020
International backpackers are helping rebuild the Australian towns that were hit by the bushfires
SBS
... stay in Australia have joined efforts to clean up and restore fences in Victoria's Upper Murray, as volunteer groups help get fire-affected towns ready ...
Lost husky found 220km away after two years and Australia's worst bushfires
About Regional
Lost husky found 220km away after two years and Australia's worst bushfires. Dominic Giannini 23 March 2020. Indie the husky has been returned to ...
Drought and bushfires, not coronavirus, blamed for rising food prices
The Sydney Morning Herald
Mr Youl said most meat, fruit and vegetables sold in Australian supermarkets is sourced from local suppliers. The coronavirus ...
Defence was preparing for natural disaster reserve callout last year
The Sydney Morning Herald
Before Australia's bushfire season hit catastrophic levels, the ADF also warned the Morrison government climate change was increasing the number of ...
NSW Bushfires: Coronavirus thwarts events aimed at raising funds for bushfire recovery now ...
Daily Telegraph
The line-up was headlined by Australian country music superstar and 2008 Australian of the Year Lee Kernaghan, who was instrumental in raising
Bushfire disaster: the impact of smoke
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)
5 value of 6.8 μg/m3.” The researchers note that they did not included data for smoke from all extreme fires in Australia during the study period, instead ...
Bushfire smoke, pollution responsible for over 400 excess deaths - UNSW Newsroom
Fire Fight Australia Live Is The #1 Album In Australia
Music Feeds
Just over a month after some of music's biggest names united in response to Australia's bushfire crisis, there's more good news for people still ...
Defence helping track potential coronavirus infections
Brisbane Times
The Australian Defence Force will particularly focus on "contact tracing" in NSW, ... to the pandemic and mitigate against any risks to Australia's military. ... "just like they were during the bushfires" but it was a "very different need".
Summer's bushfire smoke-related deaths exposed
The Sydney Morning Herald
The preliminary assessment, published on Monday in the Medical Journal of Australia, found a "substantial" health impact in the fire-hit regions of the ...
LIVE: Scott Morrison Declares Australia's Indefinite Worldwide Travel Ban Applies To Our Olympic ... - 10 daily
Coronavirus Australia live updates: 2020 will the toughest year of our lives PM tells parliament - The Australian
Coronavirus fails to deter industrial conflict
Brisbane Times
They argue any increase will hurt job prospects in an economy already reeling from bushfires and coronavirus. But the Australian Council of Trade ...
'Complete freefall': Hotel industry braces for disaster
Commercial Real Estate News
Heidi Kunkel, vice-president of operations for Hilton Australasia at Sydney Hilton Hotel. ... The sector has already taken a hit this year because of the bushfires ravaging the country – with the Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) ...
Harvey Norman CEO on beating Australia's retail slump
UNSW Newsroom
Harvey Norman CEO on beating Australia's retail slump ... and the Australian economic downturn resulting from COVID-19 and the bushfire disaster.
Katie Page on beating Australia's retail slump - Mirage News
Communities rally to bushfire recovery
Shepparton News
The hay has continued to roll in since, from all over Australia. Lions Club Need for Feed program has delivered $5 million worth of donated hay to ...
Earth Hour 2020: A Global Party (at Home) for the Planet This Saturday Night
Broadsheet
... CEO of WWF-Australia, recalling the recent devastating bushfires that killed millions of animals. “The act of switching off our lights for Earth Hour has ...
22 Memes About 2020 Being... A Lot
ELLE Australia
Just as Australia was recovering from the fires, the Coronavirus pandemic swung in like a wrecking ball, leading to all kinds of uncertainty about what to ...
Coronavirus pandemic shows government must fix Australia's NBN, telco experts say
The New Daily
The pandemic – and the floods and bushfires that preceded it – should ... Essentially there are the lucky Australians, who have a 21st Century NBN ...
Four Aussie albums debuted in the ARIA Top 10 this week
The Music Network
All proceeds from the sale of the album go to the Sony Foundation Australia, with funds raised supporting young Australians in bushfire affected ...
ARIA Chart: Five new releases in top 10 as Fire Fight album goes #1 - Mediaweek
A silver lining: Pandemic fears sees growing consensus about need for true national resilience
Defence Connect
Australia is not isolated from the impact of these factors, as was witnessed during the summer bushfires and more recently with the economic, political ...
Bushfires royal commission pushes ahead
Newcastle Herald (blog)
The commissioners have completed 17 community forums in 18 days, meeting with small groups in a number of fire-affected regions across Australia.
'Buy Aussie Now' Is The Heart-Warming Initiative Striving To Keep Australian Businesses Alive
Marie Claire
The sentiment is similar to drought initiative Buy From The Bushfire and bushfire campaigns Spend With Them and Stay With Them, by connecting ...
How The Financial Stimulus Can Help Your Solar Business
Solar Quotes (blog)
On March 12th, in response to the economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus and bushfires, the Australian Government announced a $17.6 ...
An arts-based approach to student resilience
Teacher Magazine
... and Australia certainly has — Australia has stumbled from bushfires to floods ... and Mexico City, and more recently the bushfire crisis in Australia.
Coronavirus pandemic: Sport takes a back seat in this unfolding crisis Will SwantonFollow ...
The Australian
Australian athletes will sound just as precious if the whining spreads from Europe to here. The pecking order right now for sympathy: bushfire victims, ...
On World Meteorological Day, Australia's weather from space
Mirage News
The drought and fire that was a feature for much of the country's south and east in 2019 is clearly visible, with dramatic images of smoke drifting across ...
Travelling during coronavirus? Here's what you need to know [Updated]
finder.com.au
Returning is also an issue with Australia imposing stricter rules to combat the ... And from 31 March Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia will ground the ... that have been financially affected by coronavirus and the recent bushfires.
WSFM's Holiday At Home
WSFM
With 2020 kicking off to an extremely upsetting start, with Australians fighting some of the worst bushfires we have ever seen and now with the ...
Broken Hill seeks exemption to SA coronavirus border closure as doctor calls for KI tourism pause
ABC News
... entry of people into South Australia in what the Premier says is an effective closing of borders, while a doctor on bushfire-affected Kangaroo Island is ...
