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Daily Telegraph. Houses lost in the Nana Glen bushfrie. Mechanic Warren Smith at his destroyed home on Ellems Quarry Rd, Nana Glen. Picture Nathan Edwards.

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Bushfire victims slam inquiry: ‘hot air and arse-covering’

Victims who lost their homes in the Black Summer bushfires have slammed the royal commission report into future disaster management, describing the inquiry as ‘a lot of hot air and arse-covering’.

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‘Don’t send anybody’: Conditions before fatal RFS crash revealed

A text message has revealed the danger of the conditions three hero American firefighters faced before crashing their plane, killing all on board, during the Black Summer bushfires: ‘Don’t send anybody and we’re not going back’.

BizRebuild chair Sir Peter Cosgrove with Malcolm Rixon, owner of RixonÃ¢â¬â¢s Bus Service in Mogo with the new bus they helped replace. Their purpose-built wheelchair accessible bus was destroyed in the bushfires but is now on the road again and providing a lifeline to vulnerable NSW South Coast residents thanks to the Business CouncilÃ¢â¬â¢s bushfire recovery charity, BizRebuild. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Former GG helps bushfire victim get back on the road

Mal Rixon narrowly survived the bushfires of last summer, but his bus was not as lucky. That is where a charity headed by Sir Peter Cosgrove stepped in to help.

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01/01/2020: The main street of Cobargo after a firestorm swept through the area. Bushfires cut off the entire South Coast of NSW on New Years Eve. Stuart McEvoy/The Australian.

Clean up complete on bushfire ravaged Cobargo main street

More than six months after inferno ripped through historic Cobargo, the rebuild can finally begin for businesses on the town’s strip as clean up on the main street is completed.

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Property destroyed by the Hillville fire on Metz road near Old Bar in the Mid North Coast region of NSW, Tuesday, November 12, 2019. Parts of NSW face catastrophic bushfire danger on Tuesday, with residents in bushland areas told to leave early rather than wait for fresh fires to start. (AAP Image/Darren Pateman) NO ARCHIVING

Government hedges on how fire relief will be funded

Less than $200 million in federal funding has gone out the door to bushfire affected communities from a multi-billion dollar fund lauded by the Morrison Government during the bushfire crisis.

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*EMBARGO - FOR SUNDAY PAPERS, MARCH 1, 2020* - Bigfoot (USA) - Over 100 global artists and designers will be showing artworks created using bushfire charcoals as a medium at the upcoming 'RISE' exhibition. Picture: Bigfoot/RISE

Mambo legend helps new art grow from bushfire ashes

A dream-team of Australian and global artists, including Mambo creator Reg Mombassa and his daughter Lucy O’Doherty, are raising money for bushfire-related charities.

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National Parks & Wildlife along with NSW Fire brigade conduct a hazard reduction near Tania Park Balgowlah .picture John Grainger

Ecologist: ‘Hazard reduction won’t stop major bushfires’

An internationally-renowned fire ecologist has warned hazard reduction burns won’t stop bushfires with even cooler months not providing opportunities to hit significantly higher targets.

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14/2/20: Former Governor General Sir Peter Cosgrove in his Sydney office. He his heading up the bushfire recovery program. John Feder/The Australian.

Burnt-out retailers in line of fire as tourism falters Massive push to get help to blaze-ravaged retailers

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.

***HOLD EMBARGO CHECK WITH DT PIC DESK BEFORE USE*** Wildlife carers, Sara Tilling and Gary Henderson, caring for orphaned nine-month-old eastern grey kangaroo joeys, Sienna (Sara) and Lexie (Gary), on their property outside of Cobargo, NSW. The couple are living out of a caravan now after their home was destroyed in the recent bushfires. Picture: Liam Driver

Complaint made against bushfire wildlife heroes

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.

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League legend Ron Coote finds reason to smile again

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.

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Daryl Braithwaite performs during the Fire Fight Australia bushfire relief concert at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Sunday, February 16, 2020. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Daryl Braithwaite’s private photos from Fire Fight

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.

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‘Hell on earth’: Untold story of the Battle of Balmoral

It was one of the battles that defined the horror NSW bushfire season – the desperate bid by two isolated and exhausted firefighter crews to save the tiny Southern Highlands town of Balmoral – and its 30 residents. WATCH THE VIDEO

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Queen makes history at 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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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 19: Fire and Rescue personal watch a bushfire as it burns near homes on the outskirts of the town of Bilpin on December 19, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by David Gray/Getty Images)

Bushfire royal commission to focus on burns, climate change

Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s royal commission into the nation’s horror bushfire season will focus on hazard reduction and climate change under guidelines handed to Governor-General David Hurley today.

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