Bushfires that have burnt through wilderness areas in Tasmania are now threatening trees that grow nowhere else in the world and are critical to the state's honey industry.

Bushfires in the Little Desert and Grampians/Gariwerd areas were contained on the weekend thanks to the efforts of hundreds of firefighters. But authorities say the fires are still active and that ...

Adverse selection in health insurance happens when sicker people—or those who present a higher risk to the insurer—buy health insurance while healthier people don’t buy it. Adverse selection can also ...

Two blazes burning during Tuesday’s catastrophic bushfire warning in Sydney are being treated as suspicious. Police and fire investigators in NSW are looking into the two fires, one in the Royal ...

Parks and Wildlife (PWS) had initially planned to reopen the track on Monday, February 10. However, shortly before 5pm today, officials announced the extended closure due to ongoing bushfires that ...

Smoke from the fires may reach as far as Devonport in the coming days. Image / Tasmania Fire Service Bushfires have now burnt 16,000 hectares across the West Coast, a jump from the estimated 10,800 ...

The Tasmania Fire Service is fighting 18 bushfires across the state. Picture: Tasmanian Fire Service The Canning Peak bushfire recorded on Wednesday. Picture: Tasmania Fire Service “Significant ...

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Weather conditions influence the size, intensity and speed of bushfires – and how dangerous they can be. We issue fire weather warnings when conditions are likely to be dangerous, to help keep ...

Residents living near Victoria's Grampians National Park were told to “leave immediately” on Friday due to an out-of-control bushfire. Picture: Sky News Firefighters battled severe bushfires ...

As they continue to battle bushfires which have ripped through a major national park, firefighters are worried about what the future holds for small towns.