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Ballarat fires: Homes lost after 80km/h winds fan flames
Three homes are believed to have been lost in a large grass fire burning near Ballarat, after residents were warned it was too late to leave.
- by Michael Fowler
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Mass fuel-reduction burns to take place across Canberra
We're in store for some smoky days, with four burn-offs set to reduce fuel load across the capital.
- by Finbar O'Mallon
Planning and development
Canberra Now: Refusal to break confession seal; ACT population booming
Plus, Canberra to lead military's virtual tech project.
- by Daniella White
Crime
Firefighters seek answers for torched cars which start bushfires
Police have been asked to investigate what can be done to confront the rising menace of stolen cars being torched in Canberra's remote bushland.
- by Peter Brewer
Bushfires
'Never seen anything like it': hoons shred up regrowth area
Rangers have discovered a half-hectare site still recovering from the 2003 bushfire was destroyed by a four-wheel-drive over the weekend.
- by Finbar O'Mallon
Bushfires
Esperance bushfire inquest: The day I lost my dad
Three young backpackers and local farmer Kym Curnow died in the blaze. Now the search for answers begins.
- by Hannah Barry and Jake Dietsch
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'We need our own Elvis': Former fire chiefs warn Australia is unprepared for bushfire peril
The federal government disputes claims by two former fire chiefs that Australia’s firefighting capacity will fall short unless it buys its own fleet of water-bombing aircraft rather than borrowing them from overseas.
- by Nicole Hasham
Bushfires
'Off the dial': thick smoke blankets areas as Victoria burns
Authorities have issued a health warning for children, the elderly and the vulnerable as bushfires and back burning is predicted to blanket parts of the state in smoke.
- by Joe Hinchliffe
Out-of-control Bunyip blaze has destroyed 29 homes, 67 outbuildings
An out-of-control bushfire still burning in Victoria's east has destroyed more than 100 buildings, including 29 homes and another 67 outbuildings and sheds.
- by Simone Fox Koob
Bush fire closes popular south coast camping spots
Planning on camping on the south coast this Canberra Day long weekend? Some camp grounds are closed.
- by Emily Barton
Teen whose family lost livelihood in bushfires in hospital after altercation with police
Charlie Clarke, the son of Andrew Clarke, who owns Jinks Winery, was taken to Warragul hospital in a stable condition on Wednesday following a scuffle with a police officer.
- by Simone Fox Koob