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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Clean up complete on bushfire ravaged Cobargo main street
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.
Boy cheats death defending family from flames
Brave Ivan Kovalevskiy is finding his feet again after cheating death six months ago. The 12-year-old was crushed by a falling tree while fighting fires on his family’s south coast property. READ HIS AMAZING STORY
Bushfire victims treated unequally: recovery chief
The national bushfire recovery chief says bushfire victims have been treated differently, depending on which side of ‘artificial lines’ set by state and local governments they live on.
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Ecologist: ‘Hazard reduction won’t stop major bushfires’
An internationally-renowned fire ecologist has warned hazard reduction burns won’t stop bushfires with even cooler months not providing opportunities to hit significantly higher targets.
Burnt-out retailers in line of fire as tourism falters Massive push to get help to blaze-ravaged retailers
Former governor-general Peter Cosgrove has made an impassioned call to arms to Aussies to back bushfire-ravaged businesses, with stores already shutting down in the wake of the disaster.
Complaint made against bushfire wildlife heroes
A couple who run a wildlife sactuary near the bushfire-hit town of Cobargo say they were “horrified” to have a complaint made against them after putting a wallaby to sleep.
League legend Ron Coote finds reason to smile again
It was the single gesture that finally put a smile back on the face of rugby league great Ron Coote – and it came from the son of another former great player – the late Robert Stone.
Daryl Braithwaite’s private photos from Fire Fight
Daryl Braithwaite was feeling all the good vibes at Fire Fight Australia and hung around after his set to indulge his side hustle of photography.
‘Hell on earth’: Untold story of the Battle of Balmoral
It was one of the battles that defined the horror NSW bushfire season – the desperate bid by two isolated and exhausted firefighter crews to save the tiny Southern Highlands town of Balmoral – and its 30 residents. WATCH THE VIDEO
Queen makes history at Fire Fight Australia
Queen fronted by Adam Lambert reprised the band’s iconic 1985 Live Aid set for Fire Fight Australia, where Olivia Newton-John performed for the first time in two years with John Farnham and Russell Crowe made a special appearance.
Bushfire royal commission to focus on burns, climate change
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s royal commission into the nation’s horror bushfire season will focus on hazard reduction and climate change under guidelines handed to Governor-General David Hurley today.
Aussie fireys thanked with Times Square mega billboard
A mega billboard, dubbed the Godzilla, which overlooks New York’s Times Square has paid thanks to Australian and US firefighters for their mammoth effort over the bushfire season. WATCH THE VIDEO
Why you should dump bushfire charities and go on holiday
Charities collecting for bushfire victims have enough of your money. Tens of millions of dollars to be exact. Now it’s time for you to do something really useful. Like go on holidays. And this is why …
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