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NSW Rural Fire Service addressed a 'wounded' community seeking an apology after ill-fated back-burn

Residents are left with questions about a back-burn in the Blue Mountains during the Black Summer bushfires, as NSW Rural Fire Service commissioners address a community meeting of people devastated by the blaze.

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Hunter festival boss sues insurer over Black Summer cancellation

Organiser Scott Commens and the owners of Riverwood Downs decided to call off the event in the face of the 2019 bushfires, which were burning just kilometres away from the festival site.

Newcastle Herald

Insurer sued over bushfire-axed festival

Lloyd's has been hit with a lawsuit for around $870,000 after refusing to compensate a NSW music festival cancelled during the Black Summer bushfires.

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NSW 'hero' learned of sacking in media

The fire chief who guided NSW through the Black Summer bushfire crisis says he learned via media reports he was getting sacked from a state disaster agency.

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A witty memoir of taking on the family farm reckons with Indigenous dispossession and climate change

It’s been a tough couple of years for Australian farmers. Just months after Black Summer’s devastation, the pandemic struck. Catastrophic floods soon followed. African Swine Fever and foot and mouth on our doorstep pose an enormous threat, as do the more banal issues of inflation and labour shortages.

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Australia's Black Summer bushfires were catastrophic enough. Now scientists say they caused a 'deep, long-lived' hole in the ozone layer

UK researchers reveal Australia's Black Summer bushfires likely damaged the ozone layer and caused the highest temperatures in the stratosphere in 30 years.

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RSPCA Vic and Zoos Vic Koala Ward opening

A new koala hospital has opened at Werribee Open Range Zoo, funded by donations to the RSPCA and Zoos Victoria following the Black Summer bushfire crisis

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Bushfires in 2019 warmed sky like volcano

The Black Summer bushfires caused the largest stratospheric warming since the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, new research suggests.

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Fire recovery 'to cost $16 billion a year'

Scientists say it will cost $16 billion each year to partially restore the environmental damage done by the Black Summer bushfires.

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Koala sighting near Lithgow raises hopes of unmapped colony after Blue Mountains bushfire destruction

Unexpected sightings of koalas near the Blue Mountains give hope that a disease-free colony is recovering after the Black Summer bushfires.

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Plibersek lists more species after fires

Australia's threatened species list just got longer with the addition of a striking black cockatoo and an alpine lizard hit hard in the Black Summer fires.

AAP

Historic Kosciuszko hut rebuilt, ready to use after Black Summer bushfires

One of the most renowned structures in Kosciuszko National Park rises from the ashes of a bushfire to help preserve the region's history.

ABC News

Ex-NSW minister backs Resilience NSW boss

Ex-NSW minister Andrew Constance has slammed plans for Resilience NSW head Shane Fitzsimmons to lose his job and his agency wound down over the flood response.

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Saving burned or injured animals draws our sympathy. But some don't survive after release. Here's why

Every year, Australia’s wildlife volunteers devote time, effort and their own money to rescue, rehabilitate and release tens of thousands of native animals. Their efforts get a lot of media attention, particularly after huge disasters like the megafires of the 2019 Black Summer.

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Life-saving technology to be fitted to every Rural Fire Service truck in wake of Black Summer bushfires

A small piece of technology, the size of a tablet, is being hailed as a game changer for firefighters if they ever face another Black Summer of bushfires.

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Three million trees are being planted in the NSW Central West but timber shortage drives 40pc price rise

After the Black Summer bushfires decimated 25 per cent of NSW timber plantations, seedlings are being planted across 2,400 hectares in the state's Central West.

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Greater glider listed as endangered, as climate change and logging threatens species

The greater glider lost more than a third of its habitat during the Black Summer bushfires and has remained vulnerable to logging and a warming climate.

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Cobargo's melted phone booth on show as National Museum showcases nature's fury in a striking exhibition

Artefacts from disasters across the country feature in a striking National Museum exhibit that showcases the power of nature.

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Black Summer bushfire mental health program should be extended, says GP

There are calls to extend a mental health support package for bushfire victims who are still realising the impact of the Black Summer disaster.

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Black Summer bushfire rebuild unsatisfactory as Green Magic Homes stripped of licence

Bushfire survivors Sue De Marco and Gordon Sanger have spent their life savings on an unsatisfactory rebuild by a company they say was exposed too late by the state government.

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The clean energy revolution isn’t just a techno-fix – it's about capturing hearts and minds

The Black Summer bushfires devastated parts of the Eurobodalla region in New South Wales. Then earlier this year, the area was hit by floods. As climate change threatens to bring more severe and frequent extreme weather events, how can we help future-proof such communities?

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Worker sparked fire first day on the job

The NSW bushfires coronial inquiry is looking into the cause of a major Black Summer bushfire that destroyed 10 homes in the state's central west.

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Welder sparks ignited major NSW bushfire

The NSW bushfires coronial inquiry has heard sparks from a welder started a major Black Summer bushfire.

Newcastle Herald

Lightning ignited Black Summer blaze in the Hunter, inquiry hears

Counsel assisting the coroner, Donna Ward SC, said part of the blaze spread across 11 kilometres in one day, considered "extreme and anomalous" fire behaviour at the time.

AAP

Lightning caused Hunter fire, inquiry told

The long-running NSW coronial inquiry into the Black Summer fires has heard lightning caused a 171,000 hectare bushfire in the Hunter Valley.

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