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| UpdatedThanks to milder weather, firefighters finally contain two big grassfires in southern New South Wales — one of which destroyed a property near Bungendore.
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Fire crews battling an out-of-control bushfire that was threatening homes and lives near Albany in southern WA have gained the upper hand.
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| UpdatedAn emergency warning is downgraded to watch and act for a bushfire burning in parts of Marbelup near Albany in Western Australia's Great Southern.
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Fire crews are fighting to save homes around Kurri Kurri in the New South Wales Hunter Valley with several out-of-control bushfires burning in the area.
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| UpdatedA fire north of Canberra near Sutton is contained, but a 3,300-hectare blaze near Tarago to the north-east of the ACT is still out of control.
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Fires are burning near Kurri Kurri in the Hunter Valley on both sides of the Hunter Expressway on January 18, 2017.
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| UpdatedSeveral out-of-control bushfires that threatened communities in NSW and left firefighters battling to protect homes could have been deliberately lit, the Rural Fire Service says.
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Canberrans living on the edge of the city are being urged to join volunteer town brigades, also known as Community Fire Units.
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| UpdatedA 3,300-hectare grassfire at Tarago, north-east of Canberra, destroyed a rural home in the path of the blaze with "scary" speed, according to a farm worker who saw the devastation unfold.
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The WA Greens will go to the state election campaigning for the rapid creation of a fully independent rural fire service and improved fire standards for new housing developments in high-risk areas.
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| UpdatedAbout 140 volunteer firefighters tackled a bushfire at Waterloo, about 120 kilometres north-east of Adelaide.
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| UpdatedVision from the ground of the Currandooley fire.
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Emergency services reinforce warnings to drone enthusiasts that they can interfere with aerial firefighting and even spark a fire if they crash.
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| UpdatedFire crews on the ground say at least one property has been destroyed by the out-of-control Currandooley blaze north-east of Canberra.
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| UpdatedFires continue to burn in New South Wales bushland, as crews strengthen containment lines at an out-of-control blaze in the state's Central West.
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If you were threatened by a bushfire, would the contraceptive pill be among the treasured possessions you would rescue? It was in Hobart in 1967.
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| UpdatedThe Central Coast and Newcastle train line has reopened after fires crossed the tracks, as serious conditions continue at another fire burning out of control in hilly country near Wuuluman between Wellington and Mudgee.
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Almost 14 years since the worst bushfires in the ACT's history, pine clearing is under way in an effort to prevent such devastation ever happening again.
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A bushfire burning out of control is threatening lives and homes at Upper Swan, 30 kilometres north-east of Perth.
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| UpdatedA bushfire burning since Sunday night in Upper Swan, on Perth's north-east fringe, is contained after coming within metres of homes.
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| UpdatedJust over a year ago a fierce blaze tore through the Victorian coastal hamlets of Wye River and Separation Creek, destroying 116 houses. Residents have begun rebuilding, but one planning expert thinks they should be stopped.
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Bushfires cut a path of destruction through homes, farmland and the bush, but they also play an important role in the Australian landscape's cycle of renewal. What's the science behind how a bushfire begins and spreads, and what happens to the environment once one has moved through?
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Perth had its coolest winter for decades and WA's South West was one of the few areas in the world that experienced below-average temperatures in 2016, according the weather bureau's annual report.
Topics: weather, bushfire, cyclone, perth-6000, wa