On the firefront:Aussies lend expert hand to battle US blazes

On the firefront:Aussies lend expert hand to battle US blazes

Sydney Morning Herald chief photographer Nick Moir has joined NSW RFS members and thousands of firefighters from across the US who are attempting to slow the destructive progress of the raging California Fire Park fires.

  • byNick Moir

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Wildfires across Turkey threaten Anzac graves on Gallipoli peninsula

Wildfires across Turkey threaten Anzac graves on Gallipoli peninsula

At the site where an Allied landing was beaten back by Ottoman troops in 1915,the flames reached Canterbury Cemetery,where 22 soldiers from New Zealand are interred.

  • byRob Harris
Court slaps CFA over decision that ‘sent a shiver down the spine’ of CFA volunteers

Court slaps CFA over decision that ‘sent a shiver down the spine’ of CFA volunteers

The CFA rejected the medical opinions of six experts and cut compensation to a traumatised firefighter based on the assessment of one dissenting psychiatrist.

  • byCameron Houston
The up-and-coming tourist town with barely a latte in sight

The up-and-coming tourist town with barely a latte in sight

Sydneysiders and a host of enterprising locals are keen to reinvent a NSW country town that was almost wiped off the map.

  • byCatherine Naylor
Political fight sparks as electricity network axes timber power poles

Political fight sparks as electricity network axes timber power poles

Essential Energy,the electricity distributor that covers 95 per cent of NSW,is switching to composite poles to make its network more resilient in bushfires.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
‘Long-term pain’:Scientists warn against WA’s prescribed burn regime

‘Long-term pain’:Scientists warn against WA’s prescribed burn regime

Is it time the government rethinks its prescribed burning practices? New research says it’s making forests more flammable,not less,but the state stands firm.

  • bySarah Brookes
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Tex Perkins rallied to save it,but ‘world-class’ wildlife hospital could still close

Tex Perkins rallied to save it,but ‘world-class’ wildlife hospital could still close

Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital,a registered charity,has treated more than 7000 creatures since it opened in October 2020.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Can WA’s drought-ravaged forests survive this year’s prescribed burns program?

Can WA’s drought-ravaged forests survive this year’s prescribed burns program?

In coming weeks,the DBCA will start torching 200,000 hectares of the state to boost our defences in the face of increasing bushfires. But is it causing irreparable damage to our ecosystems?

  • bySarah Brookes
A Grampians town’s remarkable recovery after ‘the beast’ burnt through

A Grampians town’s remarkable recovery after ‘the beast’ burnt through

A bushfire wiped out one-third of the tiny Grampians town of Pomonal 12 weeks ago. The town knew about resilience before the fire hit,and now it’s putting it into action.

  • byClay Lucas
Sunburnt seals and penguins? Antarctica’s ozone layer the worst it’s been since 1970s

Sunburnt seals and penguins? Antarctica’s ozone layer the worst it’s been since 1970s

Seal pups and fledgling penguins could suffer sunburn and skin cancer,and it’s all down to volcanoes and bushfires.

  • byBianca Hall
Could planned burns be making our forests more flammable?

Could planned burns be making our forests more flammable?

Hazard-reduction burns are designed to clear undergrowth and reduce the risk of large-scale bushfires. But the science is far from settled.

  • byBianca Hall