With the survival of up to 30 plant species in Victoria’s bushfire-ravaged areas under threat,the work of a group of Melbourne botanists has taken on an added sense of urgency.
As we rebuild from the fire crisis,outside agencies need to be careful they do not get in the way of communities'best chance at emotional recovery - contact with their own people.
Scott Morrison's planned national inquiry into the bushfire disaster is welcome,but it will succeed or fail on the details - and it will depend on assembling experts to guide the process.
The man in charge of Australia's bushfire recovery has promised devastated communities he will keep bureaucratic hurdles to a minimum.
Calls are increasing for more"controlled burns"to cut the bushfire risk. What are they,how much is being done and do they work?
Families with babies remain stranded in Mallacoota after they were told they could not be evacuated via Navy ships because their children were under five and flights out were grounded.
Australia has always clung to the coast. Now it is burning. Will we heed its warning?
Sale residents have banded together to welcome strangers fleeing the East Gippsland fires into their homes.
True cost to be much higher,with many of those to have lost property likely to be under-insured or have no insurance at all.
As Victoria braces for a heat wave worse than the weather around Black Saturday,the Premier has said there is no denying the link to global warming.
State agencies are planning for heatwaves that could kill hundreds,cripple infrastructure and be more severe than anything Victoria has experienced before.