If we are to anticipate, mitigate, and prevent further catastrophes and to protect biodiversity as best we can, we must develop a comprehensive picture of the impacts of these recent bushfires, understand their causes, and trace where responsibility for their catastrophic impact on biodiversity ...
Dozens of families have lost loved ones in the bushfires, thousands of homes and farms have been gutted and swathes of the east coast are scarred charcoal-black Australia's "black summer" of devastating bushfires is finally coming to a close, but bitter arguments over how to tackle climate-...
The apocalyptic Australian bushfires have challenged the way we plan settlements. What is the future for small urban settlements within fire-vulnerable forests and bushland? Could they create a new model for rural settlements with wider lessons for development in big cities? This paper draws togethe...
which would have been the first since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). But the government could have abandoned that plan on account of the pandemic and the summer bushfires according to local media.
Morrison said the National Bushfire Recovery Agency (NBRA), which was established in January, would lead work to "drive a strong economic recovery so the more than 18,600 families and businesses in bushfire-affected areas could get back on their feet." ...
to epitomise her ongoing interest in media and reporting, particularly regarding structural disadvantage and social justice. She also contextualises the latter stages of her journey against the 2019 bushfires, the 2020-2021 pandemic and lockdowns, and the 2022 floods in NSW’s northern rivers. Why...
For many Australian communities, 2020 was a profound experience: bushfires, a global pandemic, and waves of activism all forced changes on our society that disrupted habits and fundamentally challenged assumptions that had previously dictated the rhythms of everyday life. Our hope...
However, he added, in order to seize the opportunity when it comes, businesses need to be kept fully staffed and running. “But that is a big challenge because unlike other disasters, including the bushfires, where people can point at damaged infrastructure, we can’t see the physical damage...
Notorious for taking aholiday duringAustralia’s 2019–20 bushfire season. Signed Australia up to the costly AUKUS nuclear submarine deal Secretly appointed himself to five ministerial positions without the knowledge of the public or his own government. ...
This project has been funded under the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund, co-funded by the Australian and NSW Governments in association with the Food Agility CRC and the NSW Farmer’s Association. The Food Agility CRC Ltd is funded under the Commonwealth Government CRC Program. The CRC Prog...