Firefighters
Victoria fires claim at least 25 homes as power outages to continue into next week
Town of Pomonal the worst affected, with 24 houses destroyed in bushfires that broke out on Tuesday
Benita Kolovos, Adeshola Ore and Emily Wind
15, Feb, 2024 @5:41 AM
Firefighters raise alarm over six flights landing in Sunshine Coast without fire crews since December
Firefighters union alleges Airservices Australia failed to ensure fire services were available for delayed flights at the Queensland airport
Elias Visontay Transport and urban affairs reporter
07, Feb, 2024 @2:00 PM
Phone service slowly returns to flood-hit areas – as it happened
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Caitlin Cassidy, Mostafa Rachwani and Stephanie Convery (earlier)
20, Dec, 2023 @6:56 AM
Rain to hit NSW, Victoria and Queensland but unlikely to subdue bushfire season
Wet weather with thunderstorms, damaging winds and hail is forecast across eastern Australia
Rafqa Touma
27, Nov, 2023 @2:00 PM
Australia news live: school strike for climate protests draw huge crowds in Melbourne and Sydney; Albanese says Apec leaders ‘very interested’ in Tuvalu deal
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Natasha May (now); Jordyn Beazley, Cait Kelly and Mostafa Rachwani (earlier)
17, Nov, 2023 @7:32 AM
The smoke in the NSW air feels like the bushfires of 2019 – but the alerts on my phone signal a change | Michael Burge
Tenterfield is burning again. At least this time we have real-time updates that do not stop at the NSW-Queensland border
Michael Burge
02, Nov, 2023 @2:00 PM
Dozens of fires rage across NSW and Queensland but deadly Tara blaze nearly contained
Authorities warn of ‘extreme fire danger’ as 60 fires burn in Queensland and 110 in New South Wales
Henry Belot and Australian Associated Press
26, Oct, 2023 @9:00 AM
‘Fires everywhere’: the Australian firefighters on the frontline of the new global Flame Age
After facing walls of fire, fatigue and danger during Canada’s record wildfires, Australian firefighters have returned home to heatwaves – and are preparing to do it all again on their own turf
Lech Blaine
07, Oct, 2023 @7:00 PM
Backpackers caught in suspected faulty e-bike battery explosion in Sydney hostel
One person injured and 70 evacuated during the Darlinghurst blaze which is believed to have been sparked by a lithium battery
Guardian staff
04, Oct, 2023 @3:10 AM
Brownlow Medal 2023 red carpet – as it happened
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Natasha May (now) Josh Taylor (earlier) and Emily Wind (earlier)
25, Sep, 2023 @10:14 AM
Australia ‘better prepared’ for bushfires than ahead of black summer as government considers national community service
Emergency services minister says service would likely be voluntary as government ‘wouldn’t want to commit to obliging people or forcing them’
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent
24, Sep, 2023 @3:11 AM
Firefighters fear being ‘overwhelmed’ by rise in battery fires after fatal Sydney blaze
A NSW fire and rescue superintendent said the death of a man in a Sydney fire on Saturday night was part of a ‘marked increase’ in such incidents
Royce Kurmelovs
27, Aug, 2023 @6:41 AM
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