Australian Bushfires
Daily update ⋅ 3 June 2020
COVID-19 and bushfires shrinks Australian economy, recession all but confirmed
Savings.com.au
The Australian economy shrunk by 0.3% in the March 2020 quarter as a result of the summer bushfires and the beginning of COVID-19. The data ...
Australian dollar surges above 68.9 US cents, as Wall Street jumps on coronavirus recovery hopes - ABC News
Bushfires information sharing a challenge
Blue Mountains Gazette
"It is unfortunate that we don't in Australia have nationally consistent hazard and particularly bushfire information systems," Emergency Management ...
Focus on Australian defence force role in bushfires
7NEWS.com.au
The ADF's role in responding to natural disasters will be examined at a bushfires royal commission hearing on Wednesday. Part of the royal ...
Australia nears its first recession in 29 years amid bushfires and coronavirus
SBS
Australia's economy shrunk by 0.3 per cent as the bushfires ravaged the nation followed by the coronavirus pandemic, locking in a recession.
Call for aircraft 'swarm' to fight fires
Port Macquarie News
Aircraft are consistently sent to fires too late and miss the opportunity for a hard initial attack, Australia's largest privately-owned helicopter operator says.
Australians turned to the ABC in record numbers during Australia's bushfire crisis.
TV Blackbox
At the height of the bushfire crisis (31 December-14 January) ABC Sydney and ABC NSW local radio produced 296 hours of rolling/continuous fire ...
Focus on defence force role in bushfires
Blue Mountains Gazette
The first witness will be Robert Cameron, the director-general of disaster management organisation Emergency Management Australia. Australian ...
Coronavirus updates LIVE: Australia in recession as GDP drops 0.3 per cent; Victoria records ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
By Shane Wright. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has acknowledged Australia is in recession after the economy was battered by bushfires and the early ...
Banks and insurers join scientists to tackle climate risk
Mozo.com.au
Days after the insurance bill for Australia's devastating bushfires, floods and hail storms climbed over $5 billion, Climate KIC announced an initiative to ..
ADF role examined at bushfire Royal Commission
Sky News Australia
The Royal Commission into the bushfire season will today examine the role of the Australian Defence Force in assisting communities during the crisis.
