'It’s going to be a bad year':Victoria's bushfire threat looms large

'It’s going to be a bad year':Victoria's bushfire threat looms large

Parts of Victoria face worst bushfire threat since Black Saturday left 173 people dead,with years of drought turning parts of the state into a tinderbox.

  • byLiam Mannix

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Powerful stories that confront Black Saturday fires and their legacy

Powerful stories that confront Black Saturday fires and their legacy

Alice Bishop's stories capture trauma and grief as well as love and healing.

  • byAstrid Edwards
From the Archives,2009:Black Saturday fires devastate Victoria

From the Archives,2009:Black Saturday fires devastate Victoria

10 years ago the Black Saturday bushfires engulfed Victoria,causing widespread devastation. We remember the tragedy with these articles from the archives.

  • byAndrew Rule,Simon Mann andKaren Kissane
The day the fire rained down

The day the fire rained down

Ten years after the Black Saturday fires,we speak to some of the survivors about the day that changed their lives forever.

  • byDebbie Cuthbertson andJustin McManus
Ten years on,there is a bit of complacency in all of us
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Ten years on,there is a bit of complacency in all of us

The next time we have a summer scorcher,picture yourself in the great Australian bush,and ask yourself:what have you learnt?

  • byRichard Thornton
I look back on that weekend and hope next time I'll act differently
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Opinion

I look back on that weekend and hope next time I'll act differently

Luckily,the Black Saturday fires didn't reach us in the part of Victoria we were staying in. Lucky,because I hadn't really taken them seriously.

  • byElizabeth Quinn
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Lessons of Black Saturday ignored as Australians forget,research shows
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Lessons of Black Saturday ignored as Australians forget,research shows

Despite a decade of reforms to the way we manage bushfire risk,another day like Black Saturday could lead to similar numbers of deaths,a top bushfire expert says.

  • byLiam Mannix,Joshua Whittaker andKatharine Haynes
Ten years on Victoria remembers black day,'infinite acts of kindness'

Ten years on Victoria remembers black day,'infinite acts of kindness'

Leaders of the state and the nation and residents of little towns in the hills and plains gathered at the Royal Exhibition Building to remember Black Saturday.

  • byTony Wright
'It's all gone':Black Saturday survivor recalls stranger who saved her

'It's all gone':Black Saturday survivor recalls stranger who saved her

Black Saturday survivor Melanie Harris-Brady says she would not be alive today if not for a man who directed her away from the inferno at Kinglake.

  • byCarolyn Webb
Ten years on,Black Saturday survivors reflect on luck and loss

Ten years on,Black Saturday survivors reflect on luck and loss

The Black Saturday bushfires,which ultimately robbed 180 people of their lives,are believed to represent the largest such loss of life in Australian history.

  • byBianca Hall
Things of fire and ash remembered in Black Saturday exhibition

Things of fire and ash remembered in Black Saturday exhibition

Six young people from Kinglake featured in exhibition to mark the Black Saturday bushfires.

  • byTammy Mills