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Team Rubicon member Neil Milner is an arborist from Yorkshire in England and is helping in the bushfire rebuild. Pictured helping out by cutting down trees on a farm in Verona. Picture: Jonathan Ng
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British vets help rebuild razed towns

The special squad — which is part of veteran-led disaster response organisation Team Rubicon — includes a former soldier, retired London police officer and even an arborist who has been helping to cut down trees around the devastated town of Cobargo.

Olivia Newton John performed a song with old mate John Farnham and Russell Crowe made a special appearance.
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As it happened: Fire Fight Australia

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.

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The 21 deaths have occurred across NSW since October as a result of the devastating bushfires that have burned through more than five million hectares and destroyed more than 2100 homes.

Faces of heartbreak: Nation mourns 29 lives lost

Australia is mourning the deaths of 29 people, as the scope of the bushfire disaster continues to unfold. Today, The Daily Telegraph pays tribute to each victim from fathers and sons to firefighters to a newlywed couple who died side-by-side fighting to save their property.

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Michael Miller, Bushfire. Picture: Alex Coppel

To the bushfire towns: We’re for you

At News Corp, we are committed to helping communities rebuild after the bushfires, and today’s special editions will add to the millions we are putting towards recovery, writes Michael Miller.

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Malua Bay bushfire follow up. Rural Fire Service volunteer Steve Hillyar sits in front of the remains of his home on Blackbutt Lane in Malua Bay that was destroyed while he was out fighting the bushfires. Steve with some of his animals that survived the inferno including his chook and sheep. Picture: Toby Zerna

Homeless hero’s own bushfire hell

Volunteer firey Steve Hillyar was 24 hours into a brutal shift, going door to burning door in the seaside town of Malua Bay, unaware his own slice of paradise was burning to the ground. Only his chooks, three pigs and a sheep were still standing.

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