Bushfire relief concert going global
The pulling power of international guests including Queen and Adam Lambert has fuelled interest from overseas broadcasters in taking a feed of the Fire Fight Australia concert.
The pulling power of international guests including Queen and Adam Lambert has fuelled interest from overseas broadcasters in taking a feed of the Fire Fight Australia concert.
Be it mountain biking, hiking, or in winter as a snow sports base, Mt Beauty is luring visitors back after the threat of bushfires, encouraging Victorians to holiday in their own backyard.
Whether it’s hiking, mountain-biking, horse riding or motorcycle touring, it’s hard to find a better place for it than Omeo, nestled between Gippsland and the High Country.
Empty shops are now common along the once-popular Victoria St strip in North Richmond – and traders say they know what’s to blame.
Popular car makers are helping Australia’s bushfire victims by waiving fees, supplying vehicles and offering extended leave for volunteers.
The damages bill sparked by Queensland’s devastating bushfires is still being tallied, as firefighters brace for similar conditions that were experienced last year.
As Australia begins to assess the bushfires’ devastating impact on native wildlife, there are fears for many individual species, and different views on what the top priorities should be.
Bali-based businesses are throwing their weight behind charities supporting bushfire victims by raising money, donating a portion of their profits and holding sausage sizzles.
International pop and rock stars, including Billy Idol and the Backstreet Boys, are rallying to support bushfire relief efforts with special ticket packages and auctions.
The Hilltop Hoods, Conrad Sewell and Fanny Lumsden are few of many musicians rallying together to help the relief efforts for those affected by bushfires throughout the country.
Senior government figures have thrown their support behind a “True Heroes Parade” to honour firefighters, the SES, life savers and other volunteers who risked their lives in the horror bushfires.
Australia is flush with performances featuring local and international stars helping generate much-needed funds for bushfire relief. Here’s where you can catch a show.
It might be more than 15,000kms away, but a commune in northern France that Australia liberated in World War I is digging deep to help rebuild communities ravaged by bushfires.
“Coota” the koala found Brett Robin as she padded out of the burnt bush on scorched paws. The fifth-generation logger had been shipped into isolated Mallacoota, as hundreds of others fled.
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