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| UpdatedTwo giant American air tankers, known as Southern Belle and Thor, have proven themselves yet again this bushfire season, the NSW RFS says.
Topics: bushfire, emergency-planning, queanbeyan-2620, canberra-2600, act, nsw, captains-flat-2623
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| UpdatedTourists may be forced to wear life jackets while snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef, under a plan being considered by the Queensland Government following a spike in deaths.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-planning, cairns-4870, qld, townsville-4810
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Emergency services are frustrated by people making bad decisions when faced with floodwater.
Topics: emergency-planning, floods, livestock-welfare, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedMore than 80 per cent of emergency beacon activations last year were deemed unwarranted by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, data obtained by the ABC shows.
Topics: maritime, emergency-planning, australia
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| UpdatedAs Tasmania sees an uptick in tourism, instances of snakebites and bushwalkers getting themselves into trouble see the state's police rescue helicopter crew clock up a record number of flying hours.
Topics: emergency-planning, national-parks, tas
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| UpdatedFire warnings are downgraded in New South Wales after properties were destroyed, a man was flown to Sydney with severe burns and a firefighter sustained serious injuries.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, bushfire, nsw, coffs-harbour-2450, dunedoo-2844, leadville-2844, south-kempsey-2440, mudgee-2850, dubbo-2830, beechwood-2446, tamworth-2340, gunnedah-2380, port-macquarie-2444, boggabri-2382
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| UpdatedHot weather records have tumbled across parts of south-east Queensland amid a relentless heatwave, including Toowoomba which experienced 40 degrees Celsius for the first time.
Topics: weather, fires, emergency-planning, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, ipswich-4305, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, longreach-4730, thargomindah-4492, birdsville-4482
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| UpdatedLiberal MP Murray Cowper accuses his own party leader of playing political football with regional fire safety by announcing plans to locate a Rural Fire Service (RFS) in WA's most marginal seat.
Topics: emergency-planning, government-and-politics, elections, collie-6225, wa
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| UpdatedThe make-up of Western Australia's planned Rural Fire Service is yet to be announced, despite the State Government announcing it wants it to be headquartered in the South West town of Collie.
Topics: emergency-planning, fires, collie-6225
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| UpdatedWest Australian Premier Colin Barnett wants to set up the headquarters for a rural fire service in the state's most marginal seat, Collie-Preston, following the recommendation for one in an inquiry into the devastating Yarloop bushfire.
Topics: bushfire, fires, emergency-planning, elections, collie-6225, wa
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| UpdatedThe Royal Flying Doctor Service is set to establish a presence in Darwin in coming months, but an existing air ambulance service is questioning what role the new entrant will play in the Top End.
Topics: government-and-politics, emergency-planning, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThere is a low to moderate chance two cyclones could form in Queensland waters later this week, the first for the season, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
Topics: cyclone, weather, cyclones, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-planning, karumba-4891, qld, cairns-4870, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedQueensland graziers raise tens of thousands of dollars at a charity auction for LifeFlight, which spends about $13,000 per rescue to the southern border region.
Topics: livestock, rural, charities, community-and-society, emergency-planning, disasters-and-accidents, stanthorpe-4380, qld
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| UpdatedThe ACT's ambulance response times are slower, but still the fastest in the country, according to the latest Productivity Commission report.
Topics: emergency-planning, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedThere are fire bans across the country's south east, with Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT all heading for sweltering temperatures in the 30s and even 40s.
Topics: weather, emergency-planning, australia, nsw, act, vic
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| UpdatedHot weather and strong winds forecast for Canberra prompt a total fire ban across the ACT and surrounding regions.
Topics: weather, emergency-planning, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedPeople in parts of the Western Australia's Pilbara region are given the all clear regarding a tropical low, which may still develop into a cyclone but will not affect the coastline.
Topics: weather, cyclones, emergency-planning, karratha-6714, barrow-island-6712, onslow-6710, dampier-6713, whim-creek-6718, wickham-6720
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Many Australians have no idea how to deal with attacks from venomous creatures and young people are most at risk, new research suggests.
Topics: animal-attacks, emergency-planning, brisbane-4000, adelaide-5000, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, perth-6000, darwin-0800, hobart-7000, australia
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A report into South Australia's state-wide blackout late last year finds one of its emergency call and response systems is "overly complicated" and "time-consuming".
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, emergency-planning, disasters-and-accidents, sa
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| UpdatedHeatwave conditions are scorching southern Queensland for a second time in just over a week, with paramedics preparing for another spike in heat-related cases.
Topics: weather, emergency-planning, phenomena, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, ipswich-4305, southport-4215, chinchilla-4413, maroochydore-4558, toowoomba-4350, bedourie-4829, birdsville-4482
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| UpdatedA four-day heatwave will begin on Wednesday, bringing the same kind of conditions that saw more than 200 Queenslanders treated for heat stroke and dehydration last week.
Topics: phenomena, weather, emergency-planning, qld, australia, brisbane-4000, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, birdsville-4482, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, mackay-4740, rockhampton-4700, townsville-4810
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Six years after traumatic floods tore through south-east Queensland claiming lives and destroying homes, the effect on people's mental and and physical health is still being felt, researchers say.
Topics: medical-research, mental-health, floods, emergency-planning, goodna-4300, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedMuch of south-east Queensland is sweltering as residents endure another day of heatwave conditions, with temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius expected in some areas.
Topics: phenomena, weather, emergency-planning, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, esk-4312, ipswich-4305, gatton-4343, beaudesert-4285, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, rockhampton-4700, maroochydore-4558, longreach-4730
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Telstra is to upgrade a phone tower after complaints from a southern NSW community which has gone without phone service repeatedly over the past 12 months.
Topics: telecommunications, emergency-planning, mobile-phones, information-and-communication, regional, ardlethan-2665
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| UpdatedOn December 28, 1916, a "one in 500 year" flood event threatened to destroy the outback Queensland town of Clermont; 100 years later, locals reflect on the destruction.
Topics: emergency-incidents, floods, volunteers, community-and-society, history, local-government, emergency-planning, clermont-4721