Rare weather event sparks fears of horror NSW bushfire season

As current Commissioner Trent Curtin sends a warning that NSW can expect an “above average” bushfire season and pleads with ...

'At a loss': NSW bushfire victims in shock as disaster payments unlocked

Disaster payments are now available for communities hit by bushfires across NSW, with authorities warning of ongoing risks and urging vigilance this summer.
NSW Government

Southern NSW timber plantations fire protection projects completed

Southern NSW’s primary industries are in good shape ahead of the summer season with millions of dollars in fire protection measures completed to help protect local communities and critical softwood ...
The Conversation

Primed to burn: what’s behind the intense, sudden fires burning across New South Wales and Tasmania

Rachael Helene Nolan receives funding from the New South Wales government, via the NSW Bushfire and Natural Hazards Research Centre. Rachael Gallagher receives funding from the New South Wales ...
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NSW Labor gov’t must protect koala habitat

The New South Wales Labor government is failing to protect the state’s rapidly declining koala population, which is under ...

Antarctic phenomenon blamed for baking start to summer

A weather anomaly thousands of kilometres from Australia is having an outsized impact on summer – and the previous times it ...

Primed to burn: What's behind the intense, sudden fires burning across New South Wales and Tasmania?

Dozens of bushfires raged over the weekend as far afield as the mid-north coast of New South Wales and Tasmania's east coast. A NSW firefighter tragically lost his life, 16 homes burned down in the ...