Bushfire

Australians are set to experience sharply contrasting weather conditions on Christmas Day, with severe storms threatening Queensland, unseasonable cold forecast for Melbourne and extreme heat fuelling bushfire concerns in Western Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has issued a suite of warnings across multiple states, flagging dangerous thunderstorms, flash flooding…

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Home / World AFP 6 Dec, 2025 07:32 AM Quick Read Hot winds fuel over 50 bushfires across eastern Australia, destroying homes. Photo / Getty Images Hot winds fuel over 50 bushfires across eastern Australia, destroying homes. Photo / Getty Images Dozens of bushfires burned along Australia’s eastern seaboard on…

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The farmer who died fighting a bushfire threatening his property on Western Australia's south coast has been identified as Shire of Ravensthorpe deputy president Mark Mudie. Mudie, 59, was building a firebreak with a front-end loader on his property at West River, near Ravensthorpe, when his vehicle was overwhelmed with…

As the calendar ticks over to summer, the conversation in Australia shifts from the footy finals to something far more serious: the threat of natural disaster. Bushfires, floods, and severe storms aren’t an if but a when for many communities across the country. In the digital age, our dependence on…

‘Contrary to what Barnaby Joyce and his mates think, we want real action on climate change in the regions. We’re the ones who bear the brunt of bushfires and floods each year while they delay climate action.’ Nationals leader David Littleproud; floods in Lismore, NSW, in 2023 (Images: AAP; handout…

There’s a good reason “000” was chosen as Australia’s emergency number. It was, at least in part, because zero was closest to the finger stall on rotary-dial phones, making it easy to dial in the dark or in smoke. That was more than 50 years ago, in 1961. Before then,…

A firefighter from a local brigade works to extinguish flames after a bushfire burnt through the area in Bredbo, New South Wales, Australia, February 2, 2020. — Reuters CANBERRA: Australia will suffer more frequent and extreme climate events, often happening simultaneously, which will strain industry, services and infrastructure, a government…

A QUT study of buildings lost to bushfire on Queensland's Scenic Rim in the 2019/20 Black Summer has identified key vulnerabilities of homes in bushfire-prone areas and ways communities could increase their homes' resilience. More than two million Australians live in extreme bushfire-prone areas Scenic Rim multi-disciplinary study of ways…