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Children rescued from Port Phillip Bay; winds fan Great Ocean Road fires as smoke wafts into Melbourne
Strong winds have caused havoc in Victoria, with children rescued in Port Phillip Bay and firefighters battling to contain a bushfire near the Great Ocean Road.
- by Cassandra Morgan and Roy Ward
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Bushfires still bearing down on western towns as cool change nears
Towns in Victoria’s south-west face a nervous wait overnight as some bushfires continue to burn out of control, even as a coming cool change is expected to bring wild winds and heavy rainfall.
- by Sherryn Groch, Gemma Grant and Bianca Hall
Victoria bushfires LIVE: Emergency, watch-and-act warnings issued across west
After hot and windy conditions across the state, bushfires have broken out in multiple locations across Victoria’s west, south-west and north-west, threatening small communities.
- by Bianca Hall and Sherryn Groch
‘Summer of grass fires’: Authorities warn of increased fire risk
A drier-than-average winter has left a build-up of vegetation fuel across Victoria.
- by Bianca Hall
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Black Saturday
Burnout and trauma: huge climate cost on emergency workers revealed
One type of injury suffered by police and firefighters leapt by 50 per cent during the Black Saturday and Black Summer bushfire disasters.
- by Bianca Hall
Hot, wet summers becoming the norm in Australia
A muggy, stormy summer is on the cards, as global warming fuels an increase in humidity and heat.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Thongs and crowd-surfing: Why live music events can’t afford insurance
A federal inquiry has heard from insurers about rising premiums for venues and festivals. They say unpredictable weather events – and crowd behaviour – are partly to blame.
- by Penry Buckley
‘Depraved ideology’: Terrorist smiles after being jailed over Islamic State pledge
Aran Sherani, who pledged allegiance to the terror group after lighting bushfires, may be out of prison in just under three years.
- by Tara Cosoleto
Once healthy creeks in the Sydney catchment have become dead zones. Now scientists know why
New research provides scientific evidence that longwall mining is draining endangered upland swamps, eroding water quality and creating fire risk.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The forest survived devastating bushfires. Now it’s being bulldozed for holiday homes
Houses in the popular coastal village sell for up to $4 million, with vacant blocks going for almost $1 million.
- by Catherine Naylor
Opinion
Opinion
Hazard reduction shouldn’t be hazardous. So why the escaped fire at Oxford Falls?
Have we learnt all the lessons from our 2020 Black Summer disaster? Last weekend’s blaze suggests that we haven’t.
- by Ian Brown
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