Bushfire

Huge bushfires in central Australia have ignited discussions about the role of buffel grass in increasing fire risks ahead of a recommendation on whether or not the plant should be declared a weed in the Northern Territory. Key points: A debate continues into the role of buffel grass in causing intense fires in central Australia…

The manager of a vast Central Australian cattle station said more than 60 per cent had been burnt by a massive bushfire that raged through the 1,400 square kilometre property east of Alice Springs.  Key points: Some 33 million hectares of land has been burnt by bushfires in Northern Territory this…

A New York couple is in mourning after their only child died in a plane crash in Queensland, Australia, over the weekend. William Jennings, 22, and two others were killed on Saturday when a firefighting plane they were on that was being used to track bushfires crashed in a remote…

The world no longer has the gastric-brooding frog, the pig-footed bandicoot or the blue-tailed skink in the wild. But these Australian species didn't disappear 100 years ago – the losses are much more recent. To raise awareness of what has so recently been lost, biologist Tim Low has co-authored a report that lists,…

Almost every person in NSW and Queensland was hit with a natural disaster in the past 12 months, research has revealed, prompting calls for all levels of government to sink more money into safeguarding important infrastructure and consider moving residents to safer areas. Ahead of what is expected to be…

Key PointsHazard control burning is a widely used but contested method of reducing the risk of catastrophic bushfires.Critics say it's at best ineffective, and at worst increases the long-term danger by creating extra flammable fuel.Indigenous fire practitioners say their methods offer long-term solutions, but their knowledge is being ignored.Some 5.3…

SYDNEY, AU, Sept 15, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - Nino conditions have developed in the tropical Pacific for the first time in seven years, making Australia more vulnerable to frequent extreme weather events and natural disasters such as bushfires and floods. Last year, for example, Australia experienced four major floods…

Australia rethinks strategies after 2019 to 2020 bushfires...Read More

In an Australian first, artificial intelligence will be used in South Australia's Green Triangle forestry region to monitor for bushfires. Key points:The new detection technology will be operational before the 2023-2024 bushfire season It will be fitted to existing fire monitoring towers and to a new tower under construction at Penola NorthThe…

Scientists are warning that Australia faces a scorching summer as the weather bureau is forecasting unseasonably hot and dry weather in coming months. Heatwaves are Australia's deadliest natural hazard. They kill more people than bushfires, floods, storms and drought combined. This year, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting warmer and…