Rainforest project to create new generation of ‘super trees’ on rural property near Lismore
In short: The Science Saving Rainforests project has acquired land in northern NSW for its living seed bank.The plantation will feature stands of 60 types…
In short: The Science Saving Rainforests project has acquired land in northern NSW for its living seed bank.The plantation will feature stands of 60 types…
In short: Gregory John McGannon has been jailed over the 2021 Cherry Gardens bushfire emergency that left two homes destroyed.The former CFS volunteer was previously found guilty of…
There is concern for the habitat of a much-loved endangered bird species after two bushfires scorched pristine landscape at a renowned tourist destination in Western…
A 30-year-old woman has been charged with lighting a series of fires in bushland throughout in the small West Australian town of Collie.One blaze earlier this…
Four years ago the hills of pine plantations in the Snowy Mountains outside Tumut were black after the most severe fire season ever recorded in…
More than 300 fires have been deliberately lit in Western Australia over the past two months.Key points:There have been more than 1,600 bushfires in Perth…
The manager of a vast Central Australian cattle station said more than 60 per cent had been burnt by a massive bushfire that raged through the…
Firegrounds in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales are forecast to get a soaking over the weekend, after weeks of destructive blazes. Key points:Up to 15…
Three homes are among 17 buildings destroyed in the five bushfires that continue to burn in the Tenterfield area in northern New South Wales.Key pointsSeventeen buildings…
Bushfires are continuing to burn in multiple Queensland regions, with several emergency warnings still in place after police declared a three-hour public emergency for an…
As more than 60 fires rage across Queensland, the Rural Fire Brigade Association chief has warned the state is in the grip of its worst fire season…
By any measure, the past 12 months have been tragic for Kerry Dare. "It's been a year from hell," she said.Almost a year after her husband…
The Arson Squad is investigating several bushfires burning in Kings Park in central Perth.Key points:A fire broke out in Kings Park in central Perth at 2.42pm on Tuesday Police…
At least four homes and two sheds have been destroyed in a blaze that tore through Upper Macleay, west of Kempsey in NSW this week, the Rural…
Andy Bennett has called Goongerah home for nearly 40 years.It is a small settlement of just 31 people in Gippsland, 440 kilometres east of Melbourne, and it is prone…
The warmest winter on record for Australia and the lowest snowfalls since 2006 have left the NSW Snowy Mountains struggling to live up to their name. Key…
Maui officials say a wildfire in historic Lahaina town has burned parts of one of the most popular tourist areas in Hawaii.Key points:Wildfires in Hawaii…
Almost 1,000 passengers have climbed aboard to celebrate the re-opening of the heritage-listed Zig Zag railway in the Blue Mountains, after being out of action for more…
Living through a natural disaster is a daunting experience for anyone, let alone a first-time mum with a newborn. Key points:A Monash Rural Health study has…
A koala colony in the New South Wales Blue Mountains will become one of the most important in the country due to climate change, according…