Bushfire

Updated March 30, 2020 06:58:42 A group of 40 medical practitioners from a bushfire-affected community warned NSW Health of the potential risks of arriving cruise ships, just days before four separate vessels were allowed to dock in Sydney. Key points:Coronavirus cruise ship Voyager of the Seas was originally told to…

A showgoer at Milan Fashion Week in February.Photo: Edward Berthelot/Getty ImagesFace masks have become an increasingly common sight on the streets of cities like New York and London in recent weeks. Though wearing them has long been the norm in Asian capitals like Tokyo and Hanoi, the mounting threat from…

Design: The Edison Agency Location: Australia Project Type: Produced Client: Brown Family Wine Group Product Launch Location: Global Packaging Contents: Wine Packaging Substrate / Materials: Glass bottleIt’s truly amazing what can be accomplished when the community bands together. We designed and illustrated the new label for a Brown Borthers Limited…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Within the space of weeks, Australia has been transformed into a command economy. Businesses are being told whether they can or cannot open and how they must operate, consumers are subject to formal and informal rationing, workers are directed to stay home, or, in the case…

NATURE BRIEFING 24 March 2020 A fossil the size of a grain of rice appears to be the earliest known bilaterian, the group of animals (including humans) with two-sided symmetry, two openings and a through-gut. Plus: the diagnostic tests for coronavirus available now and in the works, and two approaches…

By Kirsty NeedhamSYDNEY (Reuters) - On the burning question of whether Australian schools should close as coronavirus cases increase, Prime Minister Scott Morrison was adamant: "Children should go to school."Morrison emerged from a special meeting of state and territory leaders on Sunday evening to urge parents to keep children in…

The companion album to the historic Fire Fight Australia concert last month in Sydney has lit up the Australian chart, while The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” (Republic/Universal) enters a ninth week atop the national singles chart. Artists Unite For Fire Fight: Concert For National Bushfire Relief, the new No. 1 on…

Updated March 23, 2020 13:55:46 Preparations are being made to impose restrictions on the entry of people into South Australia in what the Premier says is an effective closing of borders, while a doctor on bushfire-affected Kangaroo Island is calling for all tourism to stop. Key points:Anyone entering SA from…

In Australia right now, it’s bushfire season. And this year, it has been a particularly bad one. That means that for a significant part of the Summer so far, I’ve been stuck indoors trying to avoid noxious bush fire smoke. To top it off, now we have the Coronavirus to…

Updated March 21, 2020 08:58:57 After a disastrous vintage from a summer of bushfires and smoke-tainted grapes, a South Australian winemaker has something to celebrate. Key points:Winemakers are attempting to salvage their vintage after bushfires tainted their grapesNew harvesting techniques allow small batches of wine to be produced without smoke…