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A koala and her joey rescued from bushfires that ravaged the Blue Mountains in 2020.

A ‘cull of convenience’? How blue-gum plantations can kill koalas

Blue gum plantations that surround Budj Bim National Park create boom and bust koala populations. After a recent plantation timber harvest, disaster struck.

  • Bianca Hall

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How Victoria’s aerial firefighting fleet saved a tiny Grampians town

On December 12 2024, Victoria’s 54-strong aerial firefighting fleet was unveiled at Avalon Airport. Within days they were all needed.

  • Lachlan Abbott and The Visual Stories Team
Flood-affected areas the prime minister flew over near Longreach, Queensland, on Saturday morning.

The electorates most exposed to climate risk revealed

One in 23 properties in Australia are at high risk of natural disasters fuelled by global warming. In some electorates, it’s one in four. Check the risk where you live with our interactive maps.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Ilona Ambrus, who had terminal cancer, arrived at her property to find it destroyed by fire. There is a warrant out of her husband.

As Ilona battled terminal cancer, her husband allegedly set their home on fire

A warrant is out for Craig Leith’s arrest after police charged him with arson and he was convicted in absence of domestic violence offences.

  • Amber Schultz
NEWS: A large 3800 ha hazard reduction burn commences in Linden in the Blue Mountains. The Rural Fire Service, in partnership with the National Parks and Wildlife Service and Fire and Rescue NSW, will be conducting critical hazard reduction burns across the state in the coming days. April 9th, 2025, Photo: Wolter Peeters, The Sydney Morning Herald.

Sydney shrouded in smoke, health warnings as air quality plunges

More than 6000 hectares are being burned as authorities catch up on delayed hazard reductions.

  • Riley Walter
The Victorian Emergency Management Training Centre is on the outskirts of Ballan, near Ballarat, where Country Fire Authority volunteers are put through simulated disasters in preparation for actual incidents.
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Journalist Benjamin Preiss battles huge flames

The Victorian Emergency Management Training Centre is on the outskirts of Ballan, near Ballarat, where Country Fire Authority volunteers are put through simulated disasters in preparation for actual incidents.

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The blaze in Ferndale.

Ferndale bushfire threat reduced as residents told to evacuate

The blaze was reported at 4am Thursday morning, with residents near Canning River told to evacuate their properties.

Aerial footage of feral deer in Victoria.

Life just got a lot more dangerous for Victoria’s feral deer

More than 1 million feral deer are thought to call Victoria home. But unlike native dingoes, they remain a protected species.

  • Bianca Hall
Firefighters extinguish a fire at a factory building that has been engulfed in a wildfire in Uiseong, South Korea on Saturday.

Dozens dead and injured as bushfires ravage South Korea

Tens of thousands of people have been told to evacuate and a helicopter pilot has been killed trying to extinguish some of the worst fires the nation has ever experienced.

  • Kim Tong-Hyung
Fire crews are balling the blaze in Woodvale.

Bushfire warning for Woodvale downgraded, but residents told to stay updated

DFES have downgraded a bushfire warning for Perth’s northern suburbs – but residents have been told to stay updated in case conditions change.

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