PM has chance to punish a stooge
The firefighters’ dispute opens new fronts in the industrial relations battlefield.
Bushfires
Bushfire victims seek $794m help
Black Saturday bushfire survivors given a record $794 million settlement have begged Victoria’s Supreme Court for help.
Bushfire survivors angst grows
Survivors of the 2009 Black Saturday fires round on Maurice Blackburn amid a bid to increase its legal fees.
‘Put little person first’
A survivor of the 2009 Black Saturday fires says courts and lawyers have got the framework for class actions wrong.
Slow payouts prolong fire pain
Maurice Blackburn looks like the law firm that fights for fees and prolongs the misery of victims.
Lawyers’ money ‘obscene’
The biggest winners so far from the settlements over the Black Saturday bushfires have been the lawyers.
Black Saturday lawyers cash in
Top partners in a leading law firm have pocketed more than $16m, but the victims are yet to receive a cent.
Hieronymus Bosch bombast
And how do you make old news fresh? Easy: say it came from social media. So now!
2015 the warmest year globally
Australia’s fifth hottest year in history was stoked by the strongest El Nino in two decades.
Restrictions ‘increase fire risk’
A fire expert has warned that the failure to conduct enough controlled burns could lead to another large-scale disaster.
Bushfire bill to exceed $100m
The cost of the Christmas Day bushfires could top $100m, with tourism bodies warning that the economic hit could soar.
Primacy of life is timely message
Just as fire loves to retrace its steps, authorities will want the Great Ocean Road fires to be a template for future disasters.
Payments to help rebuild
Fire victims will be eligible for up to $32,500 of assistance per household to help with rebuilding.
Fire has a future loss
Holiday towns along Victoria’s Great Ocean Road devastated by bushfires now face losing a third of income.
Fires, illness as cities face 44C
Southeastern Australia is in the grip of its worst fire conditions since the Black Saturday disaster killed 179 people.
BoM warns of El Niño ‘records’
Australia is on track to eclipse past heat records as an el nino weather pattern peaks by Christmas.
Strutting the colony
English artist William Strutt found opportunities in 19th-century Australia that raised his profile as a painter.
More homes likely to be lost
Several houses have been destroyed as the bushfire in central Victorian continues to burn out of control.
Forests a growing headache for Abbott
Australia’s next World Heritage flashpoint will be Tasmania’s forests.
Heat is on as fire risk rises
AUSTRALIA can expect more hotter days, a greater risk of bushfires, heavier rainstorms and more severe cyclones.
Worst in Mother Nature, worst in Aunty
DEB Tribe is determined to roast the PM for not issuing a press release about the SA bushfires.
A climate change for Shorten
SOMEBODY seems to be in denial about the burning of bush to prepare for bushfires.
Planet Labs maps out disaster plan
PLANET Labs hopes to help tackle disasters such as bushfires, floods and deforestation with its plan to photograph Earth.
Fire survivor keeps a vigil
AT the epicentre of the bushfires that razed hundreds of homes in the Blue Mountains, Fran Elston is a custodian of rebirth.
Cult comfort
AS the only man to have taken a stand against witchcraft in Canberra, Danny Nalliah has his finger on a rarely felt pulse.
Millinery tale
CAN it be a year already? Tony Abbott’s memories of his former life have grown sufficiently hazy.
Soccer dad ‘was a war criminal’
A MAN wanted by Croatian authorities for prosecution over an alleged war crime is a long-time Melburnian.
Recipe for disaster
THERE is so much that is promising about Galore, set in Canberra, that its deficiencies are all the more regrettable.
CO2 rise ‘to bring multiple droughts’
A CLIMATE phenomenon in the Indian Ocean linked with dry periods in Australia could nearly triple in frequency, a new paper suggests.
Bonhams lights fire cracker
A BIG Fred Williams diptych painted during the artist’s prime is the star lot at Bonhams’ Important Australian Art sale next week.
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