The generosity shown to flood victims is encouraging. But new DIY expressions of charity must deliver for those most in need.
It took locals on jetskis and runabout boats to save lives. Now the state government needs to step up.
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.
The biggest climate driver of the wet summer has been La Nina,which brought above-average rainfall across parts of NSW,Weatherzone says.
Labor leader Anthony Albanese has fired the first shot in a contest over the key federal seat on the NSW South Coast.
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.
Sydneysiders have woken to a haze this morning as smoke from hazard reduction burning settled in various parts of the city overnight.
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.
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.
Smoke lingered on Monday morning due to hazard reduction burns being conducted around Sydney’s fringe.
The Badja Forest Fire raced 35 kilometres downhill in the course of a single night,killing six people.