Australian Bushfires
Daily update ⋅ 4 July 2020
Volunteer firies 'disenchanted' and 'disrespected' by bureaucracy
The Sydney Morning Herald
Volunteer Fire Fighters Association of NSW vice-president Brian Williams said ... "We've still got a healthy culture in Australia for volunteering, and the ...
Locals required to cart water to key bushfire airport
Australian Aviation
At the peak of the devastating Australian bushfire crisis this past summer, the Dunns Road Fire – just minutes from Tumut by air – burnt over 180,000 ...
Bushfires royal commission: Telcos told to up their game
The Australian
Vodafone Hutchison Australia's general manager of technology James Pickens said like Optus, their messaging was “reactive rather than proactive.”.
Bushfires remain 'very fresh' for voters in Eden-Monaro
The Australian Financial Review
ABC election analyst Anthony Green agrees residual anger from bushfire victims on the South Coast could not only play a role in the by-election, but ...
Back-burns delayed; interstate crews struggled to communicate
The Australian
Andy Wood from South Australia's Council of Australian Volunteer Fire Associations said that in his state lighting back-burns required incident control ...
Interstate bushfire crews came to Queanbeyan with faulty trucks - The Canberra Times
Wars, droughts, bushfires could not stop Murray River paddle steamers. Then came the pandemic
ABC News
Historic river maritime vessels are back cruising on the water after what is believed to be the longest time in history some of Australia's surviving ...
Bushfire-hit insurers 'pulling plug on energy assets'
Insurance News
Australia's energy networks comprise the transmission towers, substations, poles, wires and pipes which supply gas and electricity to almost every ...
Six months on, bushfire scars remain
The RiotACT
Bushfires are a part of the Australian landscape and we need to learn how to respond to them. I don't claim to have all the answers, but I know what ...
Schapelle Corby has a crafty new side hustle
9TheFIX
... resin clocks in January to raise money for the devastating Australian bushfires. ... She was granted parole in 2014 and returned to Australia in 2017.