The Latest Breaking News from Black Summer

When the Black Summer bushfires swept across eastern Australia in 2019–20, thousands of animal species lived in the path of these megafires.

Emergency services minister says service would likely be voluntary as government ‘wouldn’t want to commit to obliging people or forcing them’

Floods, bushfires, heatwaves, cyclones. Australia is no stranger to emergencies. But during disasters we’re better prepared to support pet owners than families with babies and toddlers.

From the outside, the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales seems idyllic. Rainforests, mountains, beaches and Byron Bay. But the past few years have made life harder for many who live there, with Black Summer bushfires, the COVID pandemic and intense flooding.

The firefighters will be recognised with a series of awards.

The Black Summer megafires engulfing south-eastern Australia in 2019–2020 were so intense they burned habitats rarely exposed to fire, such as southern warm temperate rainforest.

Businesses in the Snowy Mountains are celebrating the return of Selwyn Snow Resort, reopening its doors next weekend for the first time since the Black Summer bushfires.

The two-bedroom nest boxes prove 'nature can bounce back with a helping hand'.

The inquest into the Black Summer catastrophe is told that a back-burn that jumped containment lines and impacted coastal communities was unlikely to be effective because of the weather conditions.