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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’.
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’.
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.
More than six months after inferno ripped through historic Cobargo, the rebuild can finally begin for businesses on the town’s strip as clean up on the main street is completed.
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