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Victoria bushfires
Court slaps CFA over decision that ‘sent a shiver down the spine’ of CFA volunteers
The CFA rejected the medical opinions of six experts and cut compensation to a traumatised firefighter based on the assessment of one dissenting psychiatrist.
- by Cameron Houston
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Victoria Police
Black Saturday arsonist who killed 10 released from prison
Brendan Sokaluk, a former Country Fire Authority volunteer, was freed on Tuesday after serving 15 years for deliberately lighting a blaze in the Latrobe Valley.
- by Alex Crowe and Cameron Houston
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Bushfires
Fire-ravaged towns warned to brace for ‘worst fire day’ in four years
Forecast extreme heat, high winds and dry lightning mean Wednesday will be “a very dangerous and difficult day across Victoria”, Premier Jacinta Allan said.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
Editorial
Floods
Buybacks and relocations deserve consideration as climate change bites
Australia should be prepared to go further to rule out people living in areas that are highly likely to face natural disasters in future.
- The Age's View
Greg lost his home in the Black Summer bushfires. Now he’s building one that’s disaster-proof
The Bushfire Building Council of Australia has developed free architectural-designed plans to protect your house. Just lock up and leave, the house will look after itself.
- by Julie Power
Opinion
Drought
I lost everything in the Black Summer bushfires. Two years later, I am losing hope.
The lack of meaningful emissions-reduction targets by both major parties indicates that future generations will be locked into climate warming above 1.5 degrees.
- by Jann Gilbert
Opinion
Bushfires
Don’t let La Nina fool you, Black Summer could be around the corner
In a rapidly warming climate, the recent welcome, replenishing rains are a double-edged sword. What grows fast can also easily, and quickly, dry out then burn.
- by Greg Mullins
Opinion
Climate policy
The sleeper election issue that could bite Morrison and Albanese
The world is moving ahead of Australia - and both its major political parties - on climate change. It’s an opportunity for independents at the next federal election.
- by John Hewson
The day she was meant to be put down, rescue dog Maya found her calling
In the midst of the Black Summer, 'Bear, the hero koala dog' found international fame. But behind every successful man is a strong woman – this is her story.
- by Laura Greaves
Alarm raised over logging near 'Lazarus' frog
Environmentalists have raised the alarm over logging near the habitat of a rare frog in East Gippsland that was long thought extinct until it was rediscovered five years ago.
- by Miki Perkins
'Of one thing we can be certain, the fires will return': Greg Mullins' global warning
Australia’s unprecedented summer of hell was barely over when California was ablaze. As experts warn of worse to come, one of our most outspoken former fire commissioners reflects on a new age of overlapping catastrophes.
- by Greg Callaghan
Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/topic/black-saturday-bushfires-1ml4