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Mitchell Van Homrigh is a reporter and producer for The Daily Telegraph. He has previously worked in radio and television in Queensland before joining the Telegraph in 2019. In that time he has worked as a breaking news reporter, general reporter and night chief of staff. He has extensively covered the state’s worst drought in living memory, the black summer bushfires and the coronavirus pandemic.

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Mitchell Van Homrigh

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NSW bushfire season set to be extended - wide

No end in sight to bushfire season from hell

Fireys could be battling blazes until after Easter as the bushfire crisis nears a grim date line — six continuous months of destruction — and talks are being held to extend the official bushfire season.

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The Clear Range Fire burns close to the small village of Bredbo in NSW. A RFS aerial bomber drops repellant near the village of Bredbo.Picture Gary Ramage

Fears homes lost in NSW/ACT bushfires

Extreme weather across NSW and Canberra is fuelling out-of-control bushfires, leading to six fires being upgraded to emergency levels on Saturday and reports of at least five houses destroyed in the blazes.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 31: > on January 31, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr declared a State of Emergency on Friday, as the Orroral Valley bushfire continues to burn out of control. Hot and windy weather conditions forecast for the weekend are expected to increase the bushfire threat to homes in the Canberra region. It is the worst bushfire threat for the area since 2003, when four people died and 470 homes were destroyed or damaged. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)

Residents on alert as blazes threaten to merge

Residents in Canberra’s outer south who feel unsafe have been encouraged to evacuate as fire chiefs expect large blazes burning in the southern ACT to merge.

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Photo of Sarah Haslinger standing in front of her house which burned down in a bushfire in Sutton Forest Inn, Illawarra On 26.01.2020.(Daily Telegraph / Flavio Brancaleone)

Council stands firm on charging fire victims fees

A Southern Highlands council last night voted down a motion to waive council fees for residents who lost their homes in the devastating bushfires, despite flagging they would waive the bill.

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‘Fly high brother’: Tributes flow after horror smash

One of the two people who died in a horror crash in NSW’s far south has been remembered as a father and partner who always embraced life.

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Fundraiser set up for killed US firefighters

A GoFundMe campaign has been created to help support the families of three US Firefighters who died while water bombing bushfires in NSW.

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Mayor backflips on slugging fire battlers with council fees

A Southern Highlands mayor has changed his stance on slugging bushfire residents with council fees to rebuild their homes after The Daily Telegraph revealed one resident was quoted $10,000.

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Baby joy rises from the ashes on NSW south coast

Ivy Tyrrell has a special army bear to help her understand her dramatic birth amid the heartbreak and destruction on the bushfire-ravaged south coast and how her safe arrival gave so many working on the recovery effort a reason to smile.

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Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker during the 2020 Invasion Day march from Hyde Park down Elizabeth St, Sydney. The Extinction Rebellion Sydney and Extinction Rebellion Bondi Beach attend in solidarity with the First Nations people. Picture: Jonathan Ng

‘Difficult time’ as fires, protests overshadow Australia Day

NRL players Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker have joined tens of thousands of Sydneysiders in a rally against Australia Day being held on January 26 as the NSW Premier used a harbourside speech to reflect on the “catastrophic” bushfire season.

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Tributes flow for trio of US ex-military flying aces

As the remains of three US air crew who died when an airbomber crash fighting the NSW bushfires were driven from the crash site, tributes have flowed for the highly skilled trio of ex-military ace flyers.

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