The ACT Greens have promised to protect school students from heat and smoke in the classroom during bushfire season, announcing an election commitment to make all ACT schools smoke-free, temperature controlled and...
A number of Canberra region winemakers are opting
not to harvest fruit for vintage 2020 due to smoke taint from the recent
bushfires.
Amongst those who have made the difficult decision not to produce wine...
The ACT has committed to a whole-of-government strategy on bushfire smoke and air quality, however, experts suggest a national approach would be more beneficial.
On Thursday 13 February, an ACT Greens motion called...
Starlog, Summer 2019/2020 - A hazy New Year
Day 66: The smokewave has returned, again; bushfires continue to burn in southern ACT and along the NSW coast. I seem to exist in timewarp...
Canberrans
welcomed in the new year choking on acrid smoke in the worst air quality of any
major world city. Memories of the 2003 disaster that saw four people killed,
430 injured and 500 homes...
The State of Alert has been reinstated for
the entirety of the ACT, with bushfires burning in the south at Namadgi
National Park and to the south-east in Beard and Pialligo.
Chief Minister
Andrew Barr...
Major cities recently choked on thick clouds of hazardous smoke, prompting the Australian National University to release new factsheets on how best to protect yourself from bushfire smoke.
The factsheets have been developed...
Poor air quality is expected to be an ongoing issue for the ACT as long as bushfires continue in the region, with Canberra’s topography also contributing to the lingering smoke haze.
Professor Janette...
Local businesses are feeling the effects of the NSW bushfires with the smoke haze and related conditions prompting closures, loss of custom and reduced spending.
CEO of the Canberra Business Chamber, Dr...
As out-of-control bushfires burn to the city’s east and west, the air quality in the nation’s capital has been among the worst of any major city in the world. In the shopping...
A number of sporting events recently
scheduled for the ACT have been forced to postpone, cancel or relocate due to
the poor air quality across the region from bushfire smoke.
Last month, umpires at the...
A State of Alert was declared for the ACT on Thursday 2 January as the bushfires burn, with ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr acknowledging it was still in place on Monday 6...
