DIY fund-raising campaigns pose new challenges
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Charity

DIY fund-raising campaigns pose new challenges

The generosity shown to flood victims is encouraging. But new DIY expressions of charity must deliver for those most in need.

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NSW taxpayers invest $777 million to build resilience. They’ll expect a dividend
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NSW floods

NSW taxpayers invest $777 million to build resilience. They’ll expect a dividend

It took locals on jetskis and runabout boats to save lives. Now the state government needs to step up.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Perrottet to lead flood recovery after lessons learnt from bushfires
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NSW floods

Perrottet to lead flood recovery after lessons learnt from bushfires

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet will spend the week in northern NSW as he vows personally to ensure past mistakes in disaster zones are not repeated.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Wettest summer for Sydney in 30 years marked by humid nights and marine heatwaves

Wettest summer for Sydney in 30 years marked by humid nights and marine heatwaves

The biggest climate driver of the wet summer has been La Nina,which brought above-average rainfall across parts of NSW,Weatherzone says.

  • byLaura Chung andMiki Perkins
Albanese launches Labor’s attempt to retain Gilmore

Albanese launches Labor’s attempt to retain Gilmore

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has fired the first shot in a contest over the key federal seat on the NSW South Coast.

  • byDavid Crowe
Search for missing nine-year-old in Blue Mountains enters fifth day

Search for missing nine-year-old in Blue Mountains enters fifth day

The girl,who lives with her grandmother in Queensland,was visiting her mother and her mother’s fiance at a Mount Wilson property when she disappeared last week.

  • byDaniella White
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Poor air quality as smoke settles in parts of Sydney overnight

Poor air quality as smoke settles in parts of Sydney overnight

Sydneysiders have woken to a haze this morning as smoke from hazard reduction burning settled in various parts of the city overnight.

  • byAngus Thompson
Frantic final moments of South Coast resident fighting bushfire ‘beast’

Frantic final moments of South Coast resident fighting bushfire ‘beast’

Laurence Andrew was committed to defending his home and was well prepared. But an inquest has heard he succumbed to a heart attack amid the heat,smoke and extreme stress.

  • byJenny Noyes
Former fire chief calls for paid firefighting reserve to fight mega blazes

Former fire chief calls for paid firefighting reserve to fight mega blazes

Australia must rethink how it battles bushfires supercharged by climate change,says Greg Mullins,who was the commissioner of Fire and Rescue NSW for 14 years until 2017.

  • byHeath Gilmore
Hazard reduction burns cause poor air quality in parts of Sydney

Hazard reduction burns cause poor air quality in parts of Sydney

Smoke lingered on Monday morning due to hazard reduction burns being conducted around Sydney’s fringe.

  • byDaniella White
The ‘extraordinary’ 35-kilometre sprint of a Black Summer bushfire

The ‘extraordinary’ 35-kilometre sprint of a Black Summer bushfire

The Badja Forest Fire raced 35 kilometres downhill in the course of a single night,killing six people.

  • byHarriet Alexander