Hazard burn triggers city-wide health alert
NSW Health is urging residents across Sydney and the Blue Mountains to take health precautions as smoke from hazard reduction burns are expected to impact air quality today and into the weekend.
Bush Fire Support
‘Worst is behind us’: Inside fight for coastal CBD business survival
Business leaders on NSW’s south coast are trying to bounce back after the black summer fires, floods and the pandemic stifled CBD trade. Here’s how they plan to move from surviving to thriving.
‘Bonkers’: Fire-ravaged town ready to rock ‘n’ roll after floods, Covid
A woman who lost her home in the Black Summer bushfires hopes third time’s a charm for her long-held dream to host a music extravaganza repeatedly postponed for fires, floods and Covid.
First look: Black Summer fire-ravaged town’s $18m makeover
From a new village square to a bushfire resilience centre, millions of dollars will be spent reinvigorating a fire-ravaged town on the NSW far south coast. Take a sneak peek at the designs.
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Covid, bushfires contribute to council’s $9m black hole
Shoalhaven bushfire victims and home builders have saved more than $1.4 million in development application and contribution fees but it has cost the council, leaving a gaping deficit.
‘It’s very humbling’: Local hero first to get top job
Lawrence RFS captain Scott Campbell said he always wanted to be part of an organisation that was there for members, especially when things get tough.
Second chance fund for Black Summer recovery
Rural communities still struggling to get back on their feet after the Black Summer fires will be able ask Canberra for money directly — and will get an extra six months to apply.
Australian koalas after the bushfires
While the road to recovery for the remaining singed survivors is a long one, it’s not without thanks to a tireless network of rescuers who have ensured the care of our nation’s threatened species.
Black Summer: ‘The trauma remains, we don’t just move on’
From the grief of losing loved ones to rebuilding homes and starting lives over, the pain of the Black Summer bushfires is very real on the south coast of NSW. Five families share their stories.
Spy cameras to reveal cost of Black Summer bushfires
With a death toll in the billions a massive surveillance operation using cutting edge technology will be rolled out to discover which endangered animals survived last summer’s bushfires.
Bushfire hell: ‘It was like watching sunrise in reverse’
With no power, no phone and no internet, Hamish Payne kept the only supermarket in Bermagui open to provide essential supplies for as long as possible during the Black Summer fires.
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’.
‘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’.
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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