Nothing beats lunch with your ‘family’
For the past five weeks, members of the Cherrybrook Rural Fire Service brigade have been at the frontline. But on Christmas Day, they sat down for a shared lunch.
Bushfires
PM presses for paid leave
Scott Morrison wants corporate Australia to follow his lead in allowing paid leave to public servants fighting fires.
Valuable vineyards turned to ash
Some of the best wines in the country have been destroyed as bushfires consumed valuable vineyards owned by premier SA winery Henschke.
New challenge for firefighters
An increase in moisture in the air and rain forecast for Christmas Day is offering a reprieve, but also hampering efforts.
Cooler conditions to help fire fighters
Christmas conditions are set to remain moderate for tired NSW firefighters, who are busy preparing for the return of warmer weather this weekend.
Morrisons’ tribute to fallen fireys
Scott Morrison and wife Jenny acknowledge it is ‘going to be a really difficult Christmas for so many Australians’ | WATCH
Public Service volunteer fireys to get paid leave
Scott Morrison calls on business to follow suit as he announces move to ensure fire fighters don’t need to dip into their leave entitlements to keep battling blazes.
11-year-old arrested over fires
Police in the NSW town of Wellington have arrested an 11-year-old boy in relation to a fire along the Bell River.
Pay threat to volunteer ‘ethos’
The minister in charge of dealing with the NSW bushfire crisis warns a plan to pay volunteers could compromise firefighting efforts.
No break for fire crews
Thousands of weary firefighters will forgo time with their families on Christmas Day to take advantage of cooler temperatures to build containment lines.
Life in ruins, but ‘we’re lucky ones’
In the end, nothing could protect the tiny town of Dargan from a ‘black tornado of fire twice as high as trees’.
Morrison deserves a pass over Hawaii hysteria
Prime ministers work phenomenal hours, and finding a ‘good’ time to get away is difficult. Scott Morrison is one leader who deserves a break.
Climate the hot issue for leaders
Royal commissioner Ken Hayne’s recent comments about business commitments on climate change were misplaced.
ANZ offers paid leave for staff volunteer firefighters
Special ongoing paid leave is being offered to staff volunteer emergency service workers, as fires burn across the country.
No need for early meeting on fires: Morrison
Scott Morrison has rejected calls to bring forward a meeting of states to discuss bushfire management.
PM to Thunberg: I’ll do what’s right for us
Scott Morrison dismisses the teen Swede’s call for the Australian government to take more action on climate change.
‘Double standard’ as Premier clocks off
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s move to take leave as fires burn across Qld spark a rebuke from frontbencher, after the drama that engulfed the PM.
Invest to limit fallout from natural disasters
It will take cooperation at all government levels to help future-proof our nation.
Rampant fires set to destroy 1000 homes
Destruction from Australia’s deadly blazes is set to top 1000 homes as 200 fires burn, amid warnings dangerous conditions could last six weeks.
GDP to take a hit from flames
Business leaders are warning that Australia’s brutal bushfire season could stall economic growth in the December quarter.
Greta Thunberg weighs in on bushfires
The 16-year-old Swedish climate change activist unloads, as debate around the fires becomes increasingly political.
Hills wine industry in ruins
The bushfire which roared through the Adelaide Hills severely damaged about a dozen vineyards which are part of the region’s identity.
Plea to tourists: don’t desert us
Communities hit by the bushfire crisis are pleading with people not to abandon their towns.
‘Not much left’: town destroyed
Bushfires that ripped through NSW in catastrophic conditions all but wipe out a village, while 72 homes have been destroyed in SA | VIDEO
Victim ‘a loving, generous’ man
Adelaide Hills man Ron Selth, 69, is being remembered as a loving and generous man.
Fire toll mounts after horror night
A devastating picture of heartbreak and loss is emerging across three states following a terrifying 24 hours.
Fires turn erratic as southerly sweeps in
One man is missing and another person is dead in the bushfires in three states. Scott Morrison has returned to Sydney to meet fire staff.
Homes lost in Melbourne, death in SA
There are homes lost, firefighters injured and power cuts in SA, Melbourne’s outskirts are alight, and in NSW, a ‘catastrophic’ warning of worse fires to come.
‘Real heroes wear yellow uniforms’
As the bushfires continue their inexorable march, tributes flow and a community reels from the loss of two unassuming heroes.
Spare fireys the ideological nonsense
The spectre of people in living in climate-controlled inner-city comfort bickering about the cause of fires is a symptom of what is seriously wrong in this country.
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