Bushfires

As summer approaches, a regional Victorian community is running workshops to help educate its newer residents about risks they may not have faced before.

Areas that had multiple fires prior to 2019–20 had greater biodiversity losses when Black Summer fires hit compared to areas that had burnt once or not at all beforehand.

Peter Fleming was having a nap when he woke to the sound of his cars exploding as a ferocious fire engulfed his property. The bushfire has since moved 70 kilometres down the road where residents of Forsayth are now on an Advice level warning.

Authorities have warned those in bushfire-prone areas to "be ready" as an "increased risk" of fires is predicted this spring.

Temperatures are pushing into the forties in the eastern states as the focus shifts to an "extensive" thunderstorm risk. 

The Australian Transport and Safety Bureau says minimum safe drop limits should be rolled out nationally in a bid to avoid a repeat of a 2023 crash in WA.

The Baloone Shire mayor is proud of how Dirranbandi locals pulled together and supported one another through the emergency, declaring it now safe to return.

The Bureau of Meteorology is warning vast parts of the east of the country will experience above-average temperatures, raising fire risks from today.

The south-west Queensland town of Dirranbandi was evacuated due to a fast-moving bushfire. 

Victorian authorities brace for difficult fire conditions with high temperatures and storms with dry lightning forecast this week.

Two men have been arrested and a family of three have been taken to hospital after a fire burnt through 33 hectares of grass in Adelaide's northern suburbs.

Millions of hectares of the Northern Territory have already been burnt in this peak bushfire threat period, with cattle producers now facing a "confluence of really serious weather conditions".

Police in Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia's north say the burn is the result of a bushfire and the local shire has promised to ramp up efforts to protect the area.

Residents are told they should monitor as a quick-moving blaze approaches Cloncurry in north-west Queensland.

As the mercury continues to rise, crews are on stand-by to tackle worsening conditions. 

A tool by which people can enter their Hobart address to see how their residence has been assessed for bushfire threat has been updated for the coming Tasmanian season — with one suburb home to 1,727 buildings considered in the most at-risk categories.

Straw might seem like the last product you'd use if you wanted to protect your house from fire, but these straw panels, made from waste material, are a secret weapon against flames.

Adelaide Hills father Daniel Katz admits he did not go through the proper channels when building a bushfire bunker at his family home, but now fears he will be forbidden from using the structure even as a last resort.

A man found guilty of terrorism-related offences after he lit bushfires and pledged his allegiance to Islamic State will spend at least six years behind bars.

Researchers have found 23,000 Australians over the age of 15 have been displaced by floods, bushfires or cyclones on average every year since 2009.