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More dry lightning in Tasmania is sparking bushfires – challenging fire fighters and land managers
Grant Williamson receives funding from the NSW Bushfire and Natural Hazards Research ... The Tasmanian government does have maps and expertise to guide triage, but there are calls for more ...
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Draft Bush Fire Risk Management Plan Endorsed
The Rural Fire Service has notified the City of Ryde that the Draft Hunters Hill, Lane Cove, Parramatta and Ryde Bush Fire ...
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More than half of Australia’s homes were built before fire standards came in. Here are 5 ways to retrofit them
1. Upgrade external vents. Traditional external vents are designed to ventilate rooms and roofs. But they also permit embers ...
Total fire ban in place as Tasmanian bushfires enter third week
Emergency services crews are facing another period of high fire danger this weekend, with a group of bushfires continuing to ...
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‘Volcanic’: Tasmanians urged to leave their homes as bushfires rage
The TasAlert map from Friday afternoon showed a sweep ... and six bulldozers to battle the blazes. Operators from the NSW Rural Fire Service are transforming Tullah Oval into a new base camp ...
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Queensland landscaping businesses fined for breaching red fire ant biosecurity laws
Department of Primary Industries red fire ant map shows the species’ spread through ... Operation Victa a NSW Police and Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and Regional NSW operation ...
Countdown to Alfred’s impact: Power cuts, major flooding, millions told stay home
Schools will close, millions have been told to stay off the roads and public servants ordered to work from home as Tropical ...
As it happened: PM in Queensland as cyclone looms; National accounts reveal economy has emerged from per capita recession
While Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall near Brisbane, the worst impacts of the storm are expected to the south, ...