Australia’s 2019-20 bushfires burned with unprecedented intensity through a total of 24 million hectares (59 million acres), an area the size of the U.K. New research shows total costs incurred to the ...

First input-output economic analysis of the 2019-20 Australian fires also found 7300 jobs were lost. The study highlights economic vulnerabilities to extremes of climate change. A first of its kind ...

The NSW Government has now responded to all 76 recommendations from the NSW Bushfire Inquiry, transforming the state's ability to prepare, respond and ...

Australia’s deadly bushfires in the 2019-2020 season generated 700 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere – triggering vast algal blooms in the Southern Ocean. Using satellite data, two ...

Ahead of Australia's bushfire season, a landmark report has found bad wildfires are becoming more likely, more severe and burning far more land than they otherwise would have due to climate change.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's southeast on Saturday sweltered in a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and led authorities to issue fire bans for large parts of Victoria state. Australia ...

Transport for NSW has coordinated with emergency agencies and more than 170 local and regional Bushfire Emergency Management Committees in advance of the bushfire season. In 2025, the agency ...