Australian Bushfires
Daily update ⋅ 23 May 2020
Businesses prepared to fight minimum wage rise before COVID-19, bushfires
The Sydney Morning Herald
Business lobby groups were arming themselves to fight against an increase in wages for Australia's lowest earners even before the coronavirus ...
Push to list climate change as 'cause of death' in bushfires
Queensland Times
They also claim the tally of deaths due to excessive heat in Australia in the past 11 years should be a staggering 36,765 - not the 340 deaths marked on ...
Study wants 'Medicare-style' insurance pricing
Insurance News
The report, Social Justice and the Future of Fire Insurance in Australia, says the publicly funded universal health insurance scheme's focus on equality ...
Carbon road map winning few friends, little influence
Brisbane Times
Last December, as the world's horrified attention was drawn to the worst bushfires in Australia's known history, the nation was also making news for its ...
Surfing great Kelly Slater battered by Sydney's mammoth swells
NEWS.com.au
... decades, and the environmental activist was particularly impacted by the devastating Australian bushfires which savaged the country last summer.
Snowy Hydro 2.0 touted as economic saviour to bushfire-ravaged region
ABC Technology and Games
The State Government said Australia's biggest energy storage project would inject $4.6 billion into regional New South Wales and create up to 2,000 ...
Politics of Failure: climate wars rehash glosses over Australia's epic failure on energy
Michael West News
The bushfire crisis made it abundantly clear that dangerous climate change is a real and present threat, and Australia is on the frontline. Although the ...
Timelapse Shows Bushland Regenerating After Australia's Intense Fire Season
NEWS.com.au
Australia's 2019-2020 bushfire season, which caused the deaths of 33 people and destroyed over 3,000 homes, was unprecedented in its extent and ...
Bushfire-impacted towns on the NSW South Coast call for more specialised fire training in high ...
ABC Local (blog)
... 6 students learn about the impact of bushfires on communities and the environment, investigating contemporary bushfire events in Australia," a NSW ...
Melbourne fire: Counter-terrorism police investigating mobile tower blaze in Cranbourne West
7NEWS.com.au
Melbourne fire: Counter-terrorism police investigating mobile tower blaze in ... “A massive big line of fire, running up the side of the tower,” witness ... It comes just days after a study revealed one in eight Australians believe the 5G ...