Tax fight holds up disaster payouts
Black Saturday bushfire victims who won a record-breaking class action will be forced to wait longer for their legal saga to end.
Bushfires
Firefighting ‘turf war’ rejected
Firefighters say it is “a shame” their efforts at Tathra have been undermined by union “political point-scoring”.
‘Are you capable of decisions?’
Alan Jones savages Troy Grant, deriding the NSW government’s response to the Tathra bushfires as ‘utterly inadequate’ | LISTEN
Utter despair as townsfolk return
Joni Klotz says she felt “utter despair” yesterday when she saw her home at Tathra reduced to rubble.
Di Natale’s callous histrionics
Greens leader Richard Di Natale’s blaming inaction on climate change for the bushfires and cyclone is offensive.
Climate stance ‘like NRA on guns’
Greens leader Richard Di Natale has likened the Coalition stance on climate change to that of the NRA after a gun massacre.
Resident anger at tree laws
Bega Valley Shire Council is facing calls to reduce its restrictions on tree clearingfollowing the devastating Tathra bushfires.
Keelty enlisted for Tathra probe
The NSW government has drafted former AFP commissioner Mick Keelty to head an inquiry into the Tathra bushfire.
Fears over mental fallout from fire
The focus of dealing with the devastating grass fires that swept southwest Victoria has shifted to the deeply affected farming families.
Houses lost after help ‘ignored’
More houses could have been saved in Tathra if the rural fire service had accepted an offer of help, former coroner says.
PM on climate ‘like US on guns’
Greens Leader Richard Di Natale has doubled down after yesterday blaming government inaction on climate change for two bushfires.
Family spirit unbroken by fires
The Cochranes lost their family home in Sunday’s horror bushfire but their stoicism and optimism survived untouched.
Greens fire up climate row
Richard Di Natale is resisting internal pressure to resign amid accusations he lacks empathy after blaming inaction on climate change for bushfires.
Council accused of negligence
Residents have accused authorities of negligence after failing to heed warnings about the lack of hazard reduction.
Despair for devastated farmers
Victorian farmers are counting the cost of devastating grassfires that swept across the state’s southwest at the weekend.
ABC defends fire warning alert
The ABC issued an emergency warning alert for the Tathra fire “as soon as it was notified’’.
Lives ranked second for Greens
Richard Di Natale and the Greens have no shame as they politicise devastating bushfires in NSW and Victoria and the Top End cyclone.
‘Climate change to blame’
Greens blame government inaction on climate change for a spate of natural disasters which have ravaged the nation.
Tathra declared disaster area
The RFS has downgraded its alert level to ‘advice’ tonight as bushfire activity eased, although it remains uncontained.
Wedding guests ‘in line of fire’
A wedding party of 150 people came close to disaster as fires raged throughout the weekend in Victoria’s south-west.
Climate science PhDs in hot demand
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science says its 100 per cent PhD employment rate is due to its graduate director.
New Delhi air breathtaking
New Delhi is an extreme example of the dangers associated with poor air quality.
Fire chief’s home razed
Graham Goodman was exhausted from fighting blazes when a colleague told him the flames were at his own doorstep.
How fires give birth to storms
Thunderstorms generated by bushfires are becoming an increasing feature of our worst conflagrations – and a nightmare scenario.
Counting costs of class actions
The pain goes on for the victims of Victoria’s Black Saturday fires.
Firm ‘should foot huge tax bill’
Black Saturday bushfire survivors want Maurice Blackburn to take responsibility for a multi-million-dollar tax bill.
‘Tackle cause’ of mega bushfires
Bushfires the scale of Black Saturday could occur every two to three years in Victoria, new research shows.
Law firm slams bushfire victims
A top law firm representing survivors of Victoria’s 2009 Black Saturday bushfires has hit out at some of its clients.
Rush slams CFA ‘sorry saga’
Key Black Saturday bushfires investigator says the Victorian government is damaging the CFA with its pay deal.
Law firm quizzed on payouts
Law firm Maurice Blackburn has been forced to answer questions over a landmark $494 million settlement that is overdue.
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