In other regions, a few fires are still being contained, but most Australians can finally abandon the grim rituals of the last half-year—morning checks of smog monitors and "Fires Near Me" apps, deciding whether the kids can play outside, whether to flee or defend their homes. But the ...
While many believed that climate change led to the prolonged bushfire period in Australia, Morrison said, "Our emissions reductions policies will both protect our environment and seek to reduce the risk and hazard we are seeing today." Australia has committed to reducing its carbon emissions by 26...
Fire behaviour analysts in an incident management team, often stationed at an operations centre near the fire, collate this information and then run the model to predict the likely progression of the fire across the landscape. CSIRO project leader Dr Miguel Cruz said the model used the latest av...
— k.d. lang (@kdlang)January 12, 2020 Australia, I’m proud to announce I’ll be performing at#FireFightAustraliaalongside an incredible line-up of artists to raise money for national bushfire relief. Tickets go on sale TODAY at 12noon AEDT fromhttps://t.co/rRlBkkFhPP I h...
Bronwyn is an award-winning Australian journalist who has worked as a radio current affairs reporter for the ABC on programs includingAM,The World Today,Background BriefingandPM. In 2002, she began reporting and filming stories forDatelineon SBS. The following year she was the first journalist ...
The most extraordinary thing is that once you climb the hill on Tranquil Bay (our street), you’d think nothing had ever happened. Oh, except that the little garden in the small circle near our driveway was burnt. Talk about a close call. ...
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Fires deliberately lit tend near large towns tend to attract a rapid response, so it is no surprising deliberate fires are quickly extinguished. On the other hand, fires deliberately ignited in densely inhabited regions could do disproportionate harm, even if only a small area is burnt before the...
“With thousands of lives and homes at risk today, I can’t comprehend the type of person who’d think it’s okay to try and profit or benefit at other people’s expense," NSW Police Force Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboys said in a statement. Winter's family eventually found...
“praying”. I’m not praying: I think of them often; everyday things seem inconsequential, irrelevant and even blasphemous; I hear the helicopters go over- there’s one just now- and realize with a shock that even though it’s quite cool today, the fires are still flickering; I flip ...