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The Latest Breaking News from Black Summer

Frozen sperm and assisted reproduction: time to pull out all stops to save the endangered koala

Australia’s wildlife was hit hard by the 2019-20 Black Summer megafires.

The Conversation

Wingecarribee Council failed to acknowledge bushfire victims, inquiry hears

A public inquiry into the Wingecarribee Council hears a Black Summer victim's claim she was intimidated by the suspended Mayor after she lost her home. Others say there appeared to be "favouritism" at play when development applications were assessed.

ABC News

Endangered long-footed potoroo bouncing back from the brink after Black Summer

Much of the adorable marsupial's habitat in Victoria and NSW was wiped out during the disastrous summer of 2019-20, but a survey has returned some surprising results.

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Plantation timber insurance unaffordable for growers after Black Summer fires

As insurance premiums skyrocket and insurers refuse coverage to fire-prone timber plantations, experts warn the consequences could be felt far beyond the forestry industry.

ABC News

Government support lower than at bushfires

Just 32.2 per cent of respondents to a study said they would vote for the coalition if an election was held, a lower mark than after the Black Summer bushfires.

AAP

Black Summer bushfire smoke altered ozone-depleting chemicals in atmosphere, study finds

Record amounts of smoke from Australia’s 2019-2020 bushfires may have caused changes in the atmosphere that caused a drop in ozone levels, a study suggests.

ABC News

New lab will refine bushfire responses

A new bushfire lab in Canberra will help fire fighters save lives and homes when the next Black Summer bushfires strike.

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Potoroo population increasing in Victoria

Increasing numbers of kangaroo-like marsupial the Potoroo, which had much of its habitat destroyed in the Black Summer fires, have been found in the wild.

AAP

The floods prove volunteers can only do so much when the government goes awol

We need dedicated government support – including a wholesale reassessment of how to respond to future disasters

The Guardian - AU

Critically endangered southern corroboree frog conservation efforts ramp up

After the Black Summer bushfires tore through Kosciuszko National Park, there were fears for the critically endangered southern corroboree frog. Now, 100 of the bright-yellow-and-black amphibians are making a comeback and returning home.

ABC News

Ulladulla's Gateway sculpture rises up as symbol of resilience after Black Summer bushfires

After the shock and destruction of the Black Summer bushfires, artist Dora Rögnvaldsdóttir wanted to bring her community together. The result is Gateway, a sculpture created by hundreds of people to commemorate what they lost, and their resilience.

ABC News

Rural bushfire survivors forecast an insurance storm for flood regions

NSW south coast residents reveal the challenges flood survivors can expect to face – and insurance is a common theme

The Guardian - AU

NSW bushfire Inquiry told of man who died defending his home in Black Summer bushfires

The court heard 63-year-old Nambucca Valley man Chris Savva managed to save his house from one of Black Summer's early bushfires before he died trying to drive to safety.

ABC News

Scott Morrison says defence force ‘not available on a moment’s notice’ to respond to disaster – as it happened

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Vital habitat logged after Vic bushfires

VicForests harvested forests that were known or likely to contain threatened species or their habitat after the Black Summer bushfires, a court has heard.

ABC News

Doctors say climate change is already having devastating effects on our health

Jen Spears was pregnant during the Black Summer bushfires and when her baby was born her doctor said she had the "placenta of a heavy smoker".

The Guardian - AU

Smoke from Black Summer bushfires depleted ozone layer, study finds

More intense bushfires due to climate change will slow recovery of ozone layer, scientist says

The Canberra Times

Volunteer firefighters issued respiratory masks following Black Summer review

The rollout follows a review into the ACT emergency services response to the 2019-20 bushfires.

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Bushfire recovery grant snub for Sarsfield, Wairewa, Ensay refuges at heart of Victoria's Black Summer

Among the successful bids for bushfire recovery grants in Gippsland were $7 million for flood levees in Seaspray, untouched by fire.

The Canberra Times

Volunteers join fight to save Namadgi's burnt bogs

Experts say the extent of the Black Summer damage was "really, really, really heartbreaking".

AAP

Black Summer victims to get extra $110m

The federal government has announced a further $110 million to support communities recovering from the Black Summer bushfires.

The Canberra Times

No longer 'armchair activists': Black Summer bushfire trauma drives protesters

The pair received criminal convictions on Tuesday after a magistrate rejected claims there were extenuating circumstances to justify their charges being dismissed.

AAP

Fire study recruits citizen biologists

Scientists have launched a citizen event to help document the recovery of plants and animals in rainforest regions affected by the Black Summer bushfires.

ABC News

Upper Murray Black Summer fires featured in bushfire recovery photographic exhibition

Harrowing and heartwarming photographs from the 2019-20 Upper Murray Black Summer fires are on display in a bushfire recovery photographic exhibition.

The Conversation

Mythologised, memorialised then forgotten: a history of Australia's bushfire reporting

Australia’s Black Summer bushfires of 2019 and 2020 wreaked destruction across South-Eastern Australia. Images of flames crowned trees, engulfed fire trucks and people crowded on beaches and packed in boats were broadcast into our homes.

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