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| UpdatedABC soundman and photographer Tony Hill retraces his footsteps in the farming community of Wasleys, 12 months after the deadly Pinery bushfire.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, bushfire, wasleys-5400, sa
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| UpdatedNew homes, big crops and young livestock are bringing South Australia's bushfire-ravaged lower Mid-North back to life, as the state marks the first anniversary of the deadly Pinery blaze.
Topics: fires, bushfire, rural, agricultural-crops, grain, community-and-society, owen-5460, hamley-bridge-5401, wasleys-5400, sa
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| UpdatedA watch and act warning for residents of Fernvale, north-west of Ipswich, is downgraded as aircraft and fire crews work to contain the large grassfire burning in the area.
Topics: bushfire, emergency-planning, weather, qld
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| UpdatedDebris left over from Cyclone Marcia in 2015 combined with unseasonal winter rain pose an increased risk this fire season, Queensland authorities say.
Topics: bushfire, weather, emergency-planning, fires, qld
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Topics: bushfire, endangered-and-protected-species, cabarita-beach-2488, bogangar-2488
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Team Koala president Jenny Hayes and Tweed Shire Council biodiversity biodiversity leader Scott Hetherington speak about a bushfire at the Cudgen Nature Reserve near Cabarita, which is home to one of three endangered koala colonies.
Topics: bushfire, endangered-and-protected-species, cabarita-beach-2488, bogangar-2488
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| UpdatedThere are fears for the survival of one of the last remaining koala colonies on the Tweed Coast after a bushfire ripped through part of the Cudgen Nature Reserve near Cabarita.
Topics: bushfire, endangered-and-protected-species, environment, environmental-impact, animals, cabarita-2137, bogangar-2488
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Topics: birds, endangered-and-protected-species, research, ecology, bushfire, film, esperance-6450
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Topics: birds, endangered-and-protected-species, research, ecology, bushfire, film, esperance-6450
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Topics: birds, endangered-and-protected-species, research, ecology, bushfire, film, esperance-6450
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Topics: birds, endangered-and-protected-species, research, ecology, bushfire, film, esperance-6450
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Topics: birds, endangered-and-protected-species, research, ecology, bushfire, film, esperance-6450
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Before spotter planes, drones and satellites, Western Australia relied on humans posted in treetop lookouts to detect bushfires. This is the story of how they were built.
Topics: bushfire, history, forests, human-interest, manjimup-6258, pemberton-6260, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA fire comes breathtakingly close to causing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage to a Queensland farm.
Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, vegetables, bushfire, calavos-4670
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Topics: rural, vegetables, bushfire, calavos-4670
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Topics: rural, vegetables, bushfire, calavos-4670
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Topics: rural, vegetables, bushfire, calavos-4670
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Topics: rural, vegetables, bushfire, calavos-4670
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| UpdatedA fire truck is destroyed as crews battled in high temperatures and strong and erratic winds to bring a bushfire under control near Swan Hill in Victoria's north-west.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, bushfire, swan-hill-3585, vic
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| UpdatedA bushfire burning in the southern Flinders Ranges of South Australia is not a threat to life or property, authorities say.
Topics: bushfire, emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, fires, quorn-5433, lameroo-5302, parilla-5303, pinnaroo-5304, sa, hawker-5434, bordertown-5268
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| UpdatedWith the official start of fire season less than two weeks away, volunteer firefighters around Waroona, south of Perth, are anxious to see if lessons from January's bushfire have really been learned.
Topics: bushfire, emergency-planning, coolup-6214, wa, esperance-6450, waroona-6215
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Police say no criminal charges will be laid over the deadly Pinery bushfire in South Australia following a year-long investigation, which found a car battery left in a paddock started the blaze.
Topics: bushfire, fires, disasters-and-accidents, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, wasleys-5400, mallala-5502, freeling-5372, hamley-bridge-5401, sa
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Topics: bushfire, rural-youth, agricultural-crops, scaddan-6447