The Black Summer fires of 2019-2020 have been recorded as one of Australia's deadliest natural disasters. The toll that such ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has reignited fury after appearing to defend a Labor premier who sparked backlash over a ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced emergency disaster payments for people affected by a major bushfire ...

The threat of bushfires on both sides of the country has finally eased. Warnings for an out-of-control blaze in Western ...

Former foreign minister Alexander Downer has decried the “tragedy of modern Australia”, a country that has “lost its passion” ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised disaster relief payments as he visited bushfire-hit areas of Victoria. A man has been charged with murder after a man’s body was found in the driveway of a ...

The Disaster Recovery Allowance provides up to 13 weeks of income support for workers and sole traders who have experienced loss of income as a result of recent bushfires in the Rural City of Ararat, ...

Bushfire-hit workers and sole traders can apply for income support as the prime minister visits the area where a massive ...

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Stable conditions and cooler weather are giving firefighters welcome relief as initial damage assessments reveal at least three homes have been lost to fire.

Three homes and nearly a dozen outbuildings have been destroyed in a major bushfire burning in a national park in Australia's southeastern state of Victoria, local media reported on Saturday. Cooler, ...

A bushfire grew to more than 74,000 hectares (182,857 acres) by Friday, December 27, burning through swathes of Grampians ...