The Latest Breaking News from Black Summer

It’s been a tough couple of years for Australian farmers. Just months after Black Summer’s devastation, the pandemic struck. Catastrophic floods soon followed. African Swine Fever and foot and mouth on our doorstep pose an enormous threat, as do the more banal issues of inflation and labour shortages.

UK researchers reveal Australia's Black Summer bushfires likely damaged the ozone layer and caused the highest temperatures in the stratosphere in 30 years.

Unexpected sightings of koalas near the Blue Mountains give hope that a disease-free colony is recovering after the Black Summer bushfires.

Australia's threatened species list just got longer with the addition of a striking black cockatoo and an alpine lizard hit hard in the Black Summer fires.

One of the most renowned structures in Kosciuszko National Park rises from the ashes of a bushfire to help preserve the region's history.

Ex-NSW minister Andrew Constance has slammed plans for Resilience NSW head Shane Fitzsimmons to lose his job and his agency wound down over the flood response.

Every year, Australia’s wildlife volunteers devote time, effort and their own money to rescue, rehabilitate and release tens of thousands of native animals. Their efforts get a lot of media attention, particularly after huge disasters like the megafires of the 2019 Black Summer.

A small piece of technology, the size of a tablet, is being hailed as a game changer for firefighters if they ever face another Black Summer of bushfires.

After the Black Summer bushfires decimated 25 per cent of NSW timber plantations, seedlings are being planted across 2,400 hectares in the state's Central West.