The Black Summer bushfires didn’t just impact human lives and homes — the massive fires were an “ecological disaster” that has pushed hundreds of unique, threatened species closer to extinction, the Royal Commission has heard.
The true toll of smoke which choked Australia during the Black Summer of bushfires, has been laid bare while NSW Senior Minister Andrew Constance has again lashed the Red Cross for its handling of donations.
The residents of Malua Bay, crammed onto the beach with apocalyptic flames chasing them to the water, became symbols of the black summer. But their nightmare continues almost six months on with a tight-fisted and painfully bureaucratic recovery effort leaving them “begging for money”.
Comedian Celeste Barber has hailed NSW firefighters as “rockstars like no others”, while looking on the bright side following a Supreme Court decision on how $51 million she raised for bushfire relief can be spent.
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.
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
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.
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.
A mega billboard, dubbed the Godzilla, which overlooks New York’s Times Square has paid thanks to Australian and US firefighters for their mammoth effort over the bushfire season. WATCH THE VIDEO
Charities collecting for bushfire victims have enough of your money. Tens of millions of dollars to be exact. Now it’s time for you to do something really useful. Like go on holidays. And this is why …
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