A woman who lost her home in the bushfires was initially knocked back from Red Cross funding because she couldn’t provide a utility bill, the Royal Commission has heard. It comes as experts told the Commission climate change is leading to hotter and drier droughts. LIVE UPDATES
People hit hard by the NSW summer bushfires will be offered financial help under a new plan to target those who have not yet claimed support. The $8.5m program involves help from local councils, Service NSW, Resilience NSW and charities.
Millions of dollars have announced to rebuild bushfire-ravaged towns but Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the debris clean up program had been “very difficult” for the states to roll out, with work still ‘months’ from completion.
What happens when more than 1000 people are left to their own devices to fight for their lives in an inferno? In this podcast you will find out, and you will meet the best of Australians.
Queen fronted by Adam Lambert reprised the band’s iconic 1985 Live Aid set for Fire Fight Australia, where Olivia Newton John performed for the first time in two years with John Farnham and Russell Crowe made a special appearance.
Sydney is ready to host a mammoth weekend of entertainment with more than 140,000 fans heading to ANZ Stadium for Queen and Fire Fight Australia concerts. Here’s what you need to know.
A thermal-imaging drone is searching the State’s fire-ravaged forests for koalas and other wildlife as rescuers race the clock to save what’s left. WATCH THE VIDEO
Instagram superstar Celeste Barber continues to rally support for the Black Summer bushfire victims, even after raising more than $56 million during the crisis.
The pulling power of international guests including Queen and Adam Lambert has fuelled interest from overseas broadcasters in taking a feed of the Fire Fight Australia concert.
Chris Hemsworth may be our tourism ambassador but the real face of Australia to the world is Ruby the red kelpie – an Instagram star from a farm just outside Tamworth who has raised thousands of dollars for drought and bushfire relief.
Telegraph cartoonist and volunteer firefighter, Warren Brown, pays tribute to a local hero and a larger-than-life character – Middle Arm RFS brigade captain Jamie Buck – who died in his sleep after leading his team to fight bushfires all summer.
After eight weeks of being surrounded by bushfires, the town of Braidwood, near Canberra, needed a win — and with the help of the local rugby club, 44 teams from around the state took part in the rugby Bushfire Sevens.
Senior government ministers have called for ‘green tape’ planning laws to be eased so bushfire victims can clear more vegetation, allowing them to save thousands of dollars as they rebuild.
They might live in Los Angeles but two Aussie expats wanted to do their part in the wake of the devastating bushfires, hosting a celebrity fundraiser in Hollywood to raise money for wildlife.
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