Strategic backburns that run wild should be referred to coroner,inquiry finds

Strategic backburns that run wild should be referred to coroner,inquiry finds

A backburn escaped containment lines within hours of ignition during the Black Summer bushfires but the NSW Rural Fire Service never investigated the cause.

  • byHarriet Alexander

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Three homes lost as fire tears through bushland in WA’s south
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Three homes lost as fire tears through bushland in WA’s south

Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Darren Klemm said it was a testament to firefighters’ efforts that no lives were lost.

  • byDaile Cross andHeather McNeill
Dark Emu brought Bruce Pascoe years of trouble. He says backlash to Black Duck is ‘inevitable’

Dark Emu brought Bruce Pascoe years of trouble. He says backlash to Black Duck is ‘inevitable’

At 77,and with his next book complete,Pascoe says he’s tiring more easily these days. From his property near Mallacoota,he tells of his hope for the future.

  • byBianca Hall
Homes destroyed,police investigate as bushfire rages south of Perth

Homes destroyed,police investigate as bushfire rages south of Perth

Police are treating a bushfire that has destroyed homes south of Perth as suspicious.

Bedfordale bushfire being treated as suspicious

Bedfordale bushfire being treated as suspicious

An watch and act has now replaced an emergency warning that saw residents evacuate their homes in the suburbs of Bedfordale and Ashendon near Armadale.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
DFES reveals cause of Gidgegannup fire

DFES reveals cause of Gidgegannup fire

The blaze burnt through 690 hectares of bushland this week and came dangerously close to properties in the Perth hills.

  • bySarah Brookes
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Gidgegannup blaze downgraded,residents to return home
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Gidgegannup blaze downgraded,residents to return home

Dozens of residents forced to evacuate amid a blaze east of Perth near Gidgegannup have been told they can return home,as a probe into what caused the fire continues.

  • byHeather McNeill andJesinta Burton
Lives and homes at risk as bushfire spreads through City of Swan
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Lives and homes at risk as bushfire spreads through City of Swan

Residents in Perth’s north-east have been urged to flee as 120 firefighters battle an emergency-level blaze in the City of Swan.

  • byCameron Myles andEmma Young
Minns wants big business to bankroll natural disaster protection
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Minns wants big business to bankroll natural disaster protection

The Minns government wants insurers,banks and superannuation funds to help bankroll projects that reduce flood and bushfire risks faced by NSW residents.

  • byHeath Gilmore
Pitch festival cancelled,reveller dies as state’s heatwave drags on
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Pitch festival cancelled,reveller dies as state’s heatwave drags on

Relief from the heat is not expected to arrive until Tuesday as outdoor events across Victoria are cancelled and the state remains on high alert for bushfires.

  • bySherryn Groch andRoy Ward
Festival chaos across Victoria amid extreme heat and bushfire warning
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Festival chaos across Victoria amid extreme heat and bushfire warning

The Moomba parade has been cancelled due to forecast severe heat,as drama engulfs a camping arts festival in regional Victoria that is proceeding despite an extreme fire warning.

  • byRachael Dexter andMax Walden