Australian Bushfires
Daily update ⋅ 31 March 2020
News Corp Australia announces $1m bushfire recovery fund
MuMbrella
News Corp Australia had launched a $1m fund to support the bushfire recovery effort. The announcement: NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA'S $1 MILLION ...
Grants to help get through the double whammy
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)
... stage after the bushfires around Australia which commenced November 2019 and continued in a variety of locations through to February 2020”.
NSW's devastating bushfire season ends
The Australian
NSW's devastating bushfire season ends. By Dominica Sanda; Australian Associated Press; 5 minutes ago March 31, 2020 ...
Virus curbs RFS training as record 35000 volunteer after bushfires
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Rural Fire Service will unveil the full extent of its firefighting activities for the past half year and longer on Tuesday when the bushfire season comes ...
Coronavirus delaying bushfire clean-up in Adelaide Hills, leaving volunteers stranded
ABC News
Self-isolation is challenging for the best of us, but spare a thought for the thousands of Australians who were left without homes after the bushfires.
Working Together To Help Victoria's Wildlife Recovery
Mirage News
... helping wildlife and native species recovery following Australia's bushfires. The Federal Government's Wildlife and Threatened Species Bushfire ...
Australia's consumer watchdog says 'no evidence' supermarkets are price gouging customers
9News
"Yes, prices of fresh produce have risen, quite a lot, but at this stage it appears this is mainly due to the effect of the drought and bushfires. "Lower yields ...
OPINION: The human cost - psychological impact of the bushfires
The University of Newcastle, Australia
This summer's bushfire crisis has been unprecedented in its scale and ... Research following the Ash Wednesday bushfires in Australia, found that ...
Request for Tender issued for Land 8140
Australian Defence Magazine
... peacekeeping and warfighting, while also supporting humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts such as bushfire emergencies in Australia,” ...
Australian Bravery Award recognition for Portland police officers
Warrnambool Standard
On the afternoon of January 6, 2013, Senior Constable McLean was on duty in the Dartmoor area when he was notified that bush fires were threatening ...
Australia's economy was weak before the pandemic, experts warn
nestegg.com.au
The University of Melbourne's nowcast has found that the Australian economy has suffered the impacts of the summer's bushfires, giving a 2020 ...
Anthony Pratt donates $1m for virus 'silver-bullet solution' as doctors look to solve ventilator dilemma
Daily Telegraph
Mr Pratt told The Australian that the fight against COVID-19 needed “a call to arms” from Australia's wealthiest people. “Bushfires unfortunately happen ...
$6 million in State bushfire grants paid to Kangaroo Island farmers
The Islander
Bushfire devestation on a farm west of Parndana. More than $10 million in grant funding has been paid to South Australia's bushfire-affected farmers ...
Plea for shearing industry to be essential
Farm Weekly
On behalf of the industry, WoolProducers Australia chief executive officer Jo Hall ... in some cases, bushfires which has reduced incomes, putting their financial ... Australian Wool Testing Authority and the Australian Wool Exchange.
Navy helicopter crew helps to sustain wildlife after bushfires
Defence Connect
Personnel from 808 Squadron are very familiar with the impact of the fires, having played a key role in the emergency response to Australia's bushfire ...
Coronavirus: Anthony Pratt donates $1m for 'silver-bullet solution'
The Australian
Mr Pratt said COVID-19 needed “a call to arms” from Australia's wealthiest people to contribute even more than in the manner they did for the bushfire ...
Coronavirus
The Canberra Times
The Australian Council of Social Service was pleased that the subsidy ... it a "life saver", particularly after the earlier hammer blow of the bushfires.
Downer issuing missives from splendid isolation
Brisbane Times
Downer returned to Australia for a holiday earlier this month. ... And while Downer didn't make the Australian High Commission's Bushfire benefit ...
Kangaroo Island beekeepers feed surviving bees, distribute bushfire funds
The Islander
The South Australian Apiarists Association in conjunction with the KI Beekeepers Group raised more than $70,000 to assist all KI beekeepers in need.
YOUR SAY: Border Mail letters to the editor
The Border Mail
This embarrassed the Australian Government so much, that it immediately ... Their existence is still fragile: with fires, disease, and urbanisation, their ...
HEALTH UPDATE: Prince Charles is out of self-isolation following coronavirus diagnosis
Now To Love
... coronavirus symptoms was held on March 12th at a charity dinner to help raise money for the Australian bush fires at Mansion House in London.
Prince Charles recovers from coronavirus and is out and about again after isolation - The Advertiser
CBD Melbourne: Isolation a real Downer
The Age
He didn't manage to make the Australian High Commission's Bushfire benefit headlined by Prince Charles before his royal coronavirus diagnosis.
Tuesday COVID-19 update: plea to dob in lock-down violators
Bay 93.9
... richest man says the COVID-19 pandemic is a call to arms for Australia's wealthiest people to give even more than they did during the bushfire crisis.
Pulling together to help country in a time of crisis
Mirage News
After a protracted drought and devastating bushfires, our nation is now ... Matt Comyn spoke at The Australian Financial Review Banking and Wealth ...
Coronavirus updates LIVE: Victoria implements stage three restrictions as Australia's COVID-19 ...
WAtoday
Australia's death toll stands at 18, while 4111 Australians have tested ... due to the bushfires, is being hit with another increase in people contacting it, ...
Governments need to prepare for extremists using coronavirus for terrorism
Gold Coast Bulletin
The call to use the virus for bioterrorism in Australia, closely follows bushfire conspiracy theories spread by similar extremist groups who have been ...
The road ahead is 'U' shaped
Livewire Markets
The Australian economy is currently in the 'stop' or freefall phase of the 'U' depicted in Chart 1 below. Bushfires and the evolution of the COVID-19 ...
Request for tender out on LAND 8140
Defence Connect
Australia's defence industry has been invited to put forward its business ... efforts such as bushfire emergencies in Australia,” Minister Reynolds said.
