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Latest news: Bushfires

Link between Black Summer bushfires and years of floods

Heavy rainfall and widespread flooding across Australia's east coast from 2020 to 2022 was exacerbated by the Black Summer bushfires, a new study has found.

Tears flow as US crew killed in NSW Black Summer fires remembered

The families of the US firefighters killed during the Black Summer fires have remembered them as dedicated servicemen and loving dads, uncles and husbands.

Fire pilot went to ‘go take a look’ on fatal last shift near Cooma

Two long-time US military aviators had just started aerial firefighting while their experienced pilot was flying his final shift when their plane crashed fighting the Black Summer bushfires.

How the 2019/20 bushfires affected older Canberrans

Two new reports commissioned by the ACT Government examine older Canberrans' responses to the 2019/20 bushfires.

‘Leave immediately’: Bushfires rage across Queensland

Emergency warnings are in place across parts of Queensland as the state battles 50 bushfires, with some residents urged to flee their properties immediately.

Multiple bushfires burning across Queensland

Bushfires are burning across much of Queensland as the state swelters through its hottest day of the year. 

Canberra fires lessons ‘yet to be learned’

Twenty years after Canberra's most destructive bushfires, which destroyed 500 homes and killed four people, locals will gather to remember and reflect.

Twenty years since the 2003 Canberra Fires with David Smith MP

Described by the firefighters fighting it as ‘Armageddon’, the devastating fires of 18 January 2003 will forever be etched into the minds of Canberrans.

Remembering 2003 bushfires at Canberra Bushfire Memorial

Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the 2003 bushfires; the public can visit or attend a ceremony at the Canberra Bushfire Memorial.

Twenty years on from Canberra bushfires

It's been 20 years since the worst bushfires in Canberra's history killed four people, destroyed hundreds of homes and blackened most of the territory's surrounding bush and farmland.

WA bushfire contained, but uncontrolled

A bushfire south of Perth has been contained but remains uncontrolled.

South Australia, WA towns battle bushfires

The residents of a small town in South Australia have been told to leave or take shelter from an out-of-control bushfire as residents south of Perth, in Western Australia, also battle a raging fire.

Twenty years later: ACT’s bushfire management improved, but challenges remain

Bushfire management has improved since the 2003 fires, but challenges remain, a report published this week finds.

Bushfires to kill thousands, finds study

More severe and frequent bushfires could kill nearly 2500 Australians in the next 10 years and cost $110 million in healthcare bills, a new report shows.

Australia’s summer bushfire outlook varies across the country

The bushfire outlook for summer has been released by the national council for fire and emergency services and it varies across the country.

Orroral Valley bushfire inquest told army helicopter started blaze

Two army personnel in charge of a helicopter that started Canberra's 2020 Orroral Valley bushfire have given evidence to an inquest at the ACT Coroners Court.

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