Former governor-general Peter Cosgrove has made an impassioned call to arms to Aussies to back bushfire-ravaged businesses, with stores already shutting down in the wake of the disaster.
A couple who run a wildlife sactuary near the bushfire-hit town of Cobargo say they were “horrified” to have a complaint made against them after putting a wallaby to sleep.
It was the single gesture that finally put a smile back on the face of rugby league great Ron Coote – and it came from the son of another former great player – the late Robert Stone.
Daryl Braithwaite was feeling all the good vibes at Fire Fight Australia and hung around after his set to indulge his side hustle of photography.
Friends of farmer Michael Clarke shared a beer together in the ruins of his Bodalla home where he battened down the hatches and hid in his bathroom as a deadly bushfire swept over the remote property.
When Ashley and Bridget Buchanan fled a wall of flames heading towards their home early on New Year’s Eve, they did not realise their son’s and daughter’s houses were also under threat from the fast-moving bushfire. The family of RFS volunteers lost all three.
Ivy Tyrrell has a special army bear to help her understand her dramatic birth amid the heartbreak and destruction on the bushfire-ravaged south coast and how her safe arrival gave so many working on the recovery effort a reason to smile.
A new website has been launched to draw fearful tourists back to bushfire-ravaged towns ready for visitors again after a study revealed just 11 per cent of people were willing to visit.
Historians say the bushfire crisis has redefined what it means to be Australian, changing our identity in a way we will all never forget.
Friends and family of a man who died while protecting his home from a bushfire have described Michael Clarke, 59, as a good man who loved his property in Bodalla. His death pushed the national toll to 33, with 25 of them perishing in NSW alone.
After almost five months fighting some of the worst bushfires in Australia’s history, the efforts of those who have put their lives on the line will be forever acknowledged, with firefighters to be awarded a National Emergency Medal to honour their bravery.
Investigators have uncovered the cockpit voice recorder inside the wreckage of the C-130 Coulson plane which crashed on Thursday, killing three US firefighters. NSW Police and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau are trying to figure out what caused the large air tanker to crash.
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