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Coalfields fires blacken 750 hectares as RFS urges residents to stay alert in total fire ban

Authorities are yet to determine how the blaze started.

Newcastle Herald

Firies 'mop up' in Hunter ahead of forecast hot weather

NSW firefighters are trying to get on top of multiple bushfires, including a blaze that threatened homes in the Hunter, ahead of forecast hot and windy weather.

AAP

Firefighters on high alert for Saturday heatwave

Rural Fire Service crews prepare for more heatwave conditions on Saturday

Newcastle Herald

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'Starting them young': RFS recruits school students

Two year 10 students joined the Soldiers Point RFS.

Newcastle Herald

Heatwave wanes across NSW as SA braces for flooding

Flood warnings are in place for parts of South Australia, where several months' worth of rain is expected to fall, as NSW recovers from a heatwave.

AAP

'Incredibly difficult': volunteer firefighter mourned

The NSW Rural Fire Service is doing all it can to support the family of Leo Fransen, who died after being hit by a falling tree while battling a bushfire.

AAP

'Tragic': volunteer firefighter killed by falling tree

A volunteer firefighter has been killed after being struck by a falling tree while battling a blaze in northern NSW, which has burnt more than 21,000 hectares.

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The smoke in the NSW air feels like the bushfires of 2019 – but the alerts on my phone signal a change

Tenterfield is burning again. At least this time we have real-time updates that do not stop at the NSW-Queensland border

The Guardian - AU

Ed Husic calls for government to ‘push for de-escalation’ in Middle East – as it happened

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Seven homes lost in northern NSW bushfire

A fire on the NSW mid-north coast that claimed the life of a man defending his property has also destroyed several other houses.

AAP

Man dies and homes feared lost in bushfire near Kempsey as almost 80 fires burn across NSW

RFS commissioner says death due to Willi Willi fire a ‘tragic reminder of how deadly some of these fires are’

The Guardian - AU

'Terrible tragedy': firefighter dies in northern NSW

Rural Fire Service Commissioner Rob Rogers and Emergency Services Minister Jihad Dib have described the death of a firefighter on the job as a tragedy.

AAP

'Arced up' firefighters vow to quit over energy plan

A new report shows burrowing high-voltage power lines underground could be the best option for Australia's revamped energy network.

AAP

Recent fires have been a triggering reminder of previous disasters. Our resilience is being tested yet again

Until governments engage with and provide more funding to the people under threat, we will always be playing a dangerous game of catchup

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‘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

Newcastle Herald

'This won't be the last': Hunter residents preparing for fierce fire season after a near miss

'You just go. It's not worth losing your life. It just isn't.'

Evening Standard

Man and his three grandchildren die after horror plane crash near Canberra

A man and his three grandchildren died after a horror plane crash near Canberra on Friday.

AAP

Three homes lost in destructive NSW bushfire

Easing conditions have allowed fire crews to start counting the homes lost after a large blaze rushed through coastal communities in southern NSW.

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The Canberra Times

Region on high fire, flood alert as wild weather threatens

Fires threaten Bermagui at coast, to Bredbo and Shannons Flat in ACT's south.

The Canberra Times

Bermagui residents told 'it is too late to leave' as Coolagolite bushfire approaches

Residents in Bermagui and nearby villages to the south have been told to seek shelter

AAP

Sydney heat records tumble as fires burn in Victoria

Locals and campers have been told to flee an out-of-control bushfire in Victoria's Gippsland region as Sydney sweats through its hottest October day on record.

Newcastle Herald

Crews to patrol Fingal Bay fire ahead of 'very hot' weather this weekend

The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

Newcastle Herald

Firetruck at every property as Lovedale blaze threatened homes

'[We] managed to get the upper hand with the help of helicopters.'

The Canberra Times

20 South Coast schools to temporarily close due to extreme fire danger

Extreme heat and windy conditions have been forecast.

Newcastle Herald

More spring scorchers headed for the Hunter, fire danger rating high

A total fire ban has been declared across the state.

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