Australia bushfire

The affected areas cover 75,000 hectares—about the size of Singapore—with the fire perimeter extending 300 kilometres.

The number of homes lost to a large bushfire in western Victoria has risen to three as firefighters ...

An emergency warning told those nearby they were in danger and needed to act immediately to survive.

Overseas reinforcements may be called to bolster fatigued firefighters battling blazes in Queensland. Almost 50 interstate firefighters have ...

There are portable facilities with have a degree of privacy—toilet and bathroom facilities, kitchen—that can be deployed.

E-scooters and phones with lithium-ion batteries could pose a risk to emergency service workers and communities as Australia ...

Communities in Queensland, NSW, Victoria, SA and NT were urged to prepare for bushfires and monitor local conditions ...

Insurance Australia Group signaled a hike in insurance premiums for fiscal 2024 amid inflationary pressures, higher reinsurance and natural ...

With the number of extreme wildfires worldwide predicted to increase by 2030, fire management is a hot topic ...

Emergency warnings urging residents to flee are being issued as bushfires rage on the Western Downs, northwest of ...

On Feb. 16, 1983, southern Australia burned with a fury few had seen before. On a day that ...

A bushfire emergency warning for communities in the shire of Nannup in Western Australia's southwest has been downgraded ...

The New South Wales (NSW) government has referred a damning report on its own handling of Black Summer ...

A bushfire south of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, has been contained but remains uncontrolled. Some 100 ...

Commentary In 1964, Donald Horne published his iconic book “The Lucky Country.” Horne controversially wrote that “Australia is ...

A University of Sydney and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) report released on the impacts of ...

Commentary As the summer months are fast approaching, the fire season will again be a primary concern of ...

The Morrison government's progress on implementing the bushfire royal commission recommendations will be tracked in public monthly updates. ...

Firefighters have managed to slow the spread of a dangerous bushfire burning north of Perth. Still, authorities fear ...

A number of inland communities north of Perth are under threat from a fast-moving bushfire, with homes and ...

Dairy farmer Rob Miller has endured four fires and three floods in a year. The first blaze came ...

Koalas rescued during last summer's devastating Victorian bushfires have returned to their natural habitat. The 14 koalas, injured ...

A bushfire is burning out of control in the western Sydney suburb of Northmead, prompting authorities to issue ...

Last summer was marked by devastating bushfires. This year there will flooding. That's the view of the Bureau ...

Firefighters battling a massive month-old bushfire on Queensland's Fraser Island face another challenging day. The fire is burning ...

South Australia is bracing for a day of severe to extreme bushfire risk with very hot conditions and ...

Residents of Cathedrals on Fraser Island have been urged to leave as a significant bushfire burns towards the ...