Yvonne De JongThomas Butynski
US tourists in Australian fire zone warned to evacuateAuthorities have declared a state of emergency in New South Wales, and the military is using boats to deliver supplies after fires have killed at least 18 people.Robert Oerlemans via AP Australia's bushfires ar...
This area was also ground zero for some of the worst of the unprecedented 2019-2020 bushfire season, and the damage to giant swathes of forest was still in evidence. Where we camped was completely destroyed in those bushfires and while the rainforest plants were back along the streams, the...
was founded by Olivia Harrison, the wife of George Harrison. In 1990 Harrison helped out her cause with the charity albumNobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal. In addition to a single by the Traveling Wilburys, also called "Nobody's Child," other artists like Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, E...
However, this amount of direct payment is not likely to happen according toKiplingerand why it didn't go through the first time around: "President Trump and congressional Democrats are actually on the same side. Both want to increase the second stimulus check amount to $2,000, and Democrats...
on where we work, how we work, and the skills we need to work, than ever before. And, while the introduction of shared spaces has driven a new type of work culture and personal expectation, we believe it’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to what the future has in-store...
I began my life as an activist academic in 1979 when the Western Australian government closed the Fremantle railway, saying buses would be better. Patronage immediately fell by 30% and I ran a four-year campaign to save the railway. We won. I have been writing books and running campaigns ...
Two decades from now, the earth’s oceans are on target to contain more plastic in them (by weight) than fish. Climate change didn’t do that. Way too many people did that. Climate change hasn’t covered the world with concrete or replaced healthy ecosystems with...
Australian fire services provide two broad types of warning to people in bushfire (or wildfire) risk areas. Fire Danger Ratings communicate the possible consequences of a bushfire due to its rate of spread, intensity and difficulty of suppression. Warnings are also issued to alert people to ...
The commission would deliver an interim report to government by August, in time for the coming bushfire season. In that report, the reason for the inadequacy of the warnings, and the relation of that inadequacy to the unique Australian bushfire policy, colloquially known asManne, Robert...