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Haircuts, coffee: life goes on in bushfire danger zone

The Victorian town of Beaufort has mostly emptied over bushfire fears, but some residents are going about their business.

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As we wait for the next fire, it’s clear this country isn’t prepared for what’s to come

Victoria learnt a lot from Black Saturday. Even so, it’s hard to argue that we’re properly prepared for the ever-growing scale of natural disasters driven by climate change.

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‘It’s just what you do for people’: the volunteer force helping Victoria’s Beaufort bushfire evacuees

Thousands of people are under evacuation warnings due to a 11,000ha fire burning west of Ballarat and locals have opened their homes to help

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Inside a controversial auction of Gullah-Geechee homes: ‘This land needs to be protected’

Tax-burdened property owned by the descendants of formerly enslaved people in South Carolina is being sold to hedge funds and developers

The Guardian - US

The legacy of this Australian classic spread and the remarkable tale of its Victorian creator

Salty, dark, rich and malty, Vegemite is an Australian icon recognised around the world. A century after its creation, a museum has re-opened to celebrate the man who invented it.

ABC News

Oyster shells sell for top dollar as biologists scramble to protect shellfish beds

BEAUFORT, S.C. — Sitting atop the crow’s nest of a small barge, the boat captain shielded his eyes from the July sun and pitched his gaze to the commotion below.

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Eat like a local’s out-of-town guest at your favorite South Carolina beach town

No one goes to New York City to eat at the Times Square Olive Garden, or to Charlotte to eat at Denny’s, so why would you go to Myrtle Beach to eat at Chili’s?

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Is Parris Island doomed? Some say yes as waters rise, but the Marines fight to defend it

BEAUFORT, S.C. — The greatest enemy to the Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot is one it likely cannot defeat: Mother Nature.

Tribune News Service

Fighter jet crashes on former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's family property; pilots OK

An F/A-18D Hornet military jet crashed on former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s family property in Beaufort County on Thursday afternoon, according to the U.S. Marine Corps and witnesses.

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Nation records 69 Covid deaths as hospital numbers fall – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Arm of South Carolina high court investigating Murdaugh’s connection to ex-owner of hunting property

HILTON HEAD, S.C. — The state Supreme Court’s disciplinary arm is investigating a connection between suspended Hampton attorney Alex Murdaugh and the former owner of Murdaugh’s sprawling hunting property, according to legal documents obtained by The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette.

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