Former Wallaby Al Baxter was fearsome on a rugby field but on New Year’s Eve he joined more than 1000 people in a terrifying fight for life on Malua Bay beach. A whiskey in his beach bag settled his nerves after a frightening day. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
Just hours after clarifying resignation rumours and declaring that “it took a bloody big fire for me to realise how wrong politics is in this country”, Bega MP Andrew Constance has made a final call on his future.
For Andrew Constance, daily life is hard. The repercussions of the shock of New Year’s Eve morning are still revealing themselves to the Bega MP who contemplated his fate three times as a fatal inferno roared towards Malua Bay on the NSW south coast. HEAR HIS STORY IN OUR EXCLUSIVE PODCAST
Water is starting to fill dams on bone-dry land in the state’s far west and south as a rain system moves over NSW off the back of ex-tropical cyclone Esther, but meteorologists warn the downpour will not be able to break the drought.
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.
A NSW cabinet minister has called for transparency around the state government’s bushfire inquiry, saying it should not be conducted behind closed doors. Her remarks come as the RFS announced a state memorial would be held this month.
RFS volunteer and Labor MP Hugh McDermott will pay tribute to fallen firefighters Andrew O’Dwyer and Geoff Keaton in NSW parliament today, recalling his final moments with the pair before they tragically lost their lives.
We manage disasters well but have a long road to understanding recovery – experts warn Australia needs to get better at rebuilding communities after crisis
In 2000ha of predator-proof wilderness in NSW, the heavy lifting of species preservation has been chugging along for years. Now, the work of Aussie Ark is more important than ever following the state’s devastating bushfires.
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