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Vic Opposition launches early attack over bushfire report

Created Fri, 30^th of Jul 2010

The Victorian Opposition has pre-empted the release of the Bushfires Royal Commission's final report, claiming the Brumby Government can not be trusted to implement its recommendations. The report ... more
Victoria's timber industry faces supply dilemma

Created Wed, 28^th of Jul 2010

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Climate check-up 'screams world is warming'

Created Thu, 29^th of Jul 2010

A report on the world's climate has confirmed that 2009 was one of Australia's hottest years on record and provides more evidence of global warming. Three hundred scientists from the US National ... more
Fire volunteer convicted of arson

Created Wed, 28^th of Jul 2010

A Country Fire Service volunteer has been found guilty of setting fire to his Adelaide hills business to claim insurance. Neville Joseph Huggard, 53, has been convicted of arson by a District ... more
Canberra bushfires hearing adjourned to April

Created Tue, 27^th of Jul 2010

The ACT Chief Justice says the appointment of acting judges to ease court backlogs will not help the marathon bushfires litigation. A date has been confirmed for the second chapter of the ACT's ... more
Bushfire threatens Jerusalem homes

Created Mon, 26^th of Jul 2010

Thousands of homes were evacuated in Jerusalem on Sunday as a massive blaze tore through a forest near a hospital on the outskirts of the Holy City, Israeli police said. At least 20 fire engines ... more
Truck destroyed in chemical blaze

Created Mon, 26^th of Jul 2010

The Dukes Highway near Bordertown in South Australia's upper south-east is expected to be blocked for most of today while emergency crews clean up the scene of a chemical fire. The highway has ... more
Special sitting to debate bushfire findings

Created Fri, 23^rd of Jul 2010

The State Government has agreed to a special sitting of Parliament to debate the findings of the Bushfire Royal Commission's final report. The report will be released on July 31 and the special ... more
Up to 11 people saved from burning house

Created Thu, 22^nd of Jul 2010

Eleven people, including two young girls, have been saved from a house fire at Kelso in the Central West of New South Wales. Emergency crews were called to the home in Greville Place just before ... more
Fatal workshop explosion 'sounded like dynamite'

Created Thu, 22^nd of Jul 2010

Investigations are continuing into a fatal explosion at a workshop in Mackay in north Queensland. It is believed the man, aged in his 30s, was killed when welding a fuel tank at a boat repair ... more
Fire at Iron Duke mine plant

Created Thu, 22^nd of Jul 2010

A One Steel worker has been treated for the effects of smoke because of a fire at a processing plant on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The Metropolitan Fire Service says the blaze started at ... more
Elderly woman dies in house fire

Created Tue, 20^th of Jul 2010

An 84-year old woman has died in a house fire in Western Victoria. Firefighters say neighbours spotted the fire through a window of the woman's home in Taylors Lake, just before midnight. Fire ... more
Nixon recovering after surgery

Created Mon, 19^th of Jul 2010

The outgoing head of Victoria's Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority, Christine Nixon, is recovering after having gall bladder surgery today. She was rushed to hospital suffering severe ... more
Veteran's medals intact after house burns down

Created Sun, 18^th of Jul 2010

A World War II veteran says he is lucky to be alive after escaping a fire that burnt down his home in Sydney's west. Jack Chant, 87, says he was woken by a smoke detector and made it out through ... more
Christine Nixon taken to hospital

Created Sun, 18^th of Jul 2010

The outgoing head of the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority, Christine Nixon, has been taken to hospital by ambulance. Ms Nixon announced yesterday she would stand down from ... more