For the first time in 240 days, amid a particularly devastating season, Australia's New South Wales is free of bushfires. The news from the state's fire service comes months after the fires started in early July 2019 and devastated much of the country. For the first time since ea...
— NSW RFS (@NSWRFS) January 6, 2020 An estimated 480 million animals have been killed since the start of the bush fire season in September, according to estimates from ecologists at the University of Sydney. A bushfire burns in the town of Moruya, south of Batemans Bay, in New South...
When fires raged in the Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands (NSW) in October 2013, founder and Managing Director of ABC Tissue, Henry Ngai, and wife Jenny, immediately offered support to The Salvation Army’s Bushfire Appeal. Read more 23...
North, L. and Dearman, P. (2010). `The rhetoric of "community"': ABC local radio's coverage of the 2009 Victorian bushfires", Media International Australia, Incorporating Culture & Policy, No. 137, pp. 80-9.North L, Dearman P. 2010. The rhetoric of `community': ABC Local Radio's...
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Advertisement Screen capture: Michael Ayling After the September story was recently shared on social media in light of the current bushfire emergency, ABC Gippsland allegedly removed the post. The ABC has not yet commented directly in response to the concerns raised, however, one ...
Washington correspondent, and business journalist, covering major stories such as the US presidential elections, the Black Summer bushfires, the Gallipoli centenary, and Queen Elizabeth II’s passing. ABC director of news, Justin Stevens praised Rowland’s versatility and lasting impact on the program...
As the official emergency broadcaster for the area, the lack of service has posed an extra risk during bushfires in often remote areas to the south and north of Braidwood which have had little mobile reception, making streaming impossible. At times, residents have had to sit in their cars to...
Graham, an ecologist with the Nature Conservation Council, told an NSW parliamentary inquiry that koalas “have no capacity to move fast enough to get away” from fires that spread from treetop to treetop. https://www.nature.org.au/blog/2019/12/how-koalas-are...
Australia's bushfires are continuing to wreak havoc on communities all over the country. The wildfires began in September and are expected to last for several months as thehotweathercontinues. MORE: Thousands of people at risk as Australia wildfires spread ...