Bushfires

Sheep farmer Rob Armstrong never expected to be the face of political resistance. But when his state government proposed a levy that would hit volunteer country firefighters, a childhood trauma propelled him into action.

Every time farmer and volunteer firefighter Rob Armstrong gets a call to battle a bushfire, something inside says not to do it. But he goes anyway. He knows what it's like to be trapped in the flames and rescued by volunteers.

Victorian fire authorities release new internal findings that show how planned burns helped control and contain the devastating summer bushfires.

Dee-Ann Kelly lost her home to fire in 2024, now she's rebuilding an Earthship, made from recycled materials in an effort to make her home more fire resilient.

Authorities issue a warning for possible ember flare-ups as an unseasonal bushfire burns at Herdsman Lake in suburban Perth.

A parliamentary inquiry into the devastating bushfires across Victoria over the summer hears the emotional plea of those impacted. 

Emergency crews work to contain a bushfire in Uralla, NSW.

The threat posed to homes by a grass fire burning on the state's Northern Tablelands eases after earlier prompting an Emergency alert.

Tasmania is well into autumn, but firefighters remain on alert as late-season bushfires have threatened communities. This Friday marks the first day of May, and with it could come one of the state's hottest May days in nearly 140 years of record-keeping.

A coastal community recently ravaged by a bushfire has again been on alert in Tasmania.

During the Black Summer bushfires, the Grahams watched their house burn from a peephole in a fire bunker. When they decided to rebuild, they created the most fire-resilient home possible. Here's how they did it.

The Victorian government has unveiled its latest investment in CFA and forest firefighting upgrades. 

Ecologists say thousands of hours of audio recordings have detected night parrot calls in south-west Queensland.

A Queensland Rural Fire Service superintendent says fire conditions in parts of the state are on the edge after very little rain this wet season.

Smoky conditions across Greater Sydney are tipped to ease tomorrow as the wind picks up, after firefighters had a productive week burning hazards around Sydney's fringes. 

As Australians woke to the news of a major fire at the Geelong refinery — one of the nation's two remaining oil refineries — questions quickly turned to what this could mean for petrol prices.

An "unprecedented" fire has broken out at one of two remaining oil refineries producing fuel for Australians, with residents in parts of Geelong told to stay indoors due to smoke.

Scientists have studied satellite images of a Tasmanian bushfire and found regrowth from extensive logging and recent bushfires has "absolutely" increased the risk of more severe bushfires.

CFA firefighters are "gutted" after thousands of dollars of equipment and fuel were stolen from Terip Terip station over the Easter long weekend.

A Victorian council still cleaning up after a bushfire that wiped out more than 50 homes and businesses wants fossil fuel companies to pay for climate disaster recovery.