Island’s future on a wing and a prayer
The tourist haven of Kangaroo Island has endured what its mayor describes as ‘the proverbial triple-whammy shit sandwich’.
Bushfires
A succession of calamities threatens our tourism regions
Please spare a thought for those tourism businesses that might not even make it to winter.
Postcard from the embers
Communities ravaged by this summer’s bushfires are still recovering from the blazes that ignored borders and merged towns in suffering.
Fires freed two years’ worth of CO2
The bushfires released 830 million tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere: almost double the nation’s annual emissions.
Fireys’ heroism is unmasked
Alison Mackay’s has won the Gallipoli Art Prize for her still-life painting Breathe, inspired by last summer’s deadly bushfires.
Pledge to listen, learn as fires probe opens
Inquiry into Australia’s deadly bushfires starts amid virus pandemic in a bid to get answers before the next fire season.
Barriers for the reef
Another mass bleaching, possibly the second worst of five episodes since 1998, has scientists worried about the future.
Morrison rises like a phoenix from bushfires’ ashes
Scott Morrison would not be the Prime Minister he is today if he hadn’t learned from the mistakes he made during Australia’s bushfire disaster.
Bushfire chief faces next challenge
NSW RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons says fire victims won’t be forgotten as he takes on a new role.
Debt delayed, not forgiven as banks offer what they can
Senior bankers know there’s a freight train coming right at them in six to 12 months when conditions start to normalise.
Town ready to cut itself off
For the second time in three months the people of Mallacoota are hunkered down, bracing for what’s to come.
For once, the government was better than its people
From Peter Dutton’s diagnosis to toilet rolls, Australians have behaved like animals. Are the times revealing who we really are and what we truly believe?
Andrews holds out on bushfires commission
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is baulking at the implications of the federal government’s royal commission into bushfires.
Bushfire recovery a COAG priority
Government leaders will ramp up the bushfire recovery effort in the wake of a catastrophic summer.
ScoMo should follow Gladys’s lead
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has shown her mettle in dealing with crises, including the Black Summer bushfires.
Easier access to bushfire aid
Eligible businesses must have had a 40 per cent drop in revenue over a three-month period, compared with the previous year.
Constance to quit after bushfire recovery
Andrew Constance has confirmed his intention to resign from politics once his community has recovered from the impact of the bushfires.
Zampatti to aid bushfire victims
Carla Zampatti created a one-off gown to be auctioned with funds going to the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund.
Miley Cyrus pulls out of bushfire concert
US pop artist Miley Cyrus has cancelled her appearance at a Melbourne gig, citing concerns around virus spread.
Koalas may be on endangered list
Matt Kean says NSW’s threatened species scientific committee is considering elevating the marsupial’s status from ‘vulnerable’ to ‘endangered’.
Anger as ANZ axes 230 jobs
ANZ blames cost-cutting for job losses as Australians and the economy are reeling from coronavirus and bushfire events.
Bushfire victims ‘duped’ over $76m relief
Qld MP accuses the federal government of trying to stretch $76m in bushfire recovery funds to the impacts of coronavirus.
CSIRO challenged on climate link to fires
Matt Canavan says CSIRO scientists are too ‘reticent’ back their own studies which found no climate link to bushfires.
‘Bailouts for all won’t float’
Michael McCormack has warned that the Morrison government can’t provide economic recovery packages for ‘every industry’.
Defence chief uneasy over Libs’ ad
General Angus Campbell told the PM he was ‘discomforted’ with the use of the ADF footage in the controversial advertisement.
Treasurer’s R-rated economic response
In outlining his economic narrative, the Treasurer constantly uses one ‘R’ word and absolutely refuses to use another.
PM must avoid Labor GFC ‘overkill’
Ken Henry told Rudd and Swan to ‘go early, go hard, go households’ to combat the 2008-09 GFC. But this prescription won’t work in 2020.
Morrison unluckiest PM we’ve had
A drought, a deficit, bushfires and now a fast-spreading deadly virus
ABC wants $5m for bushfires coverage
The ABC will ask the federal government for an extra $5m a year to respond to the ‘new normal’ of bushfire coverage.
Stamp duty waived for NSW fire victims
NSW has followed Victoria’s lead for those whose homes burned, but stopped short on similar exemptions for burnt-out vehicles.
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