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Australia bushfires might burn for months, Scott Morrison warns
7 Jan 2020The Australian Prime Minister announces the creation of a recovery agency, amid fierce criticism of his response.
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Australia bushfires: more homes destroyed amid brief reprieve
7 Jan 2020The Morton mega bushfire front south of Sydney swept through the Southern Highlands overnight, destroying more properties, as firefighters aimed to use lower temperatures to their advantage.
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Haze from bushfires hangs over Auckland
5 Jan 2020The haze over Auckland city from the bushfires in Australia is starting to lift.
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Morrison denies Facebook post a political advertisement
5 Jan 2020Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended his office's use of taxpayer resources to produce and distribute a social media message about Defence deployments to assist during the bushfire crisis.
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Fires out of control overnight in Australia amid record temperatures
5 Jan 2020Bushfires are threatening dozens of communities in Victoria, a southerly cool change is fanning problems in NSW, and more than a third of Kangaroo Island has burned in South Australia.
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Australia bushfires cause indescribable 'hell' and 'devastation'
4 Jan 2020Authorities are warning NSW's fire nightmare is far from over with fears spreading fires will cause "damage and destruction" before the night is over.
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'You need to leave': Australia fires expected to worsen
4 Jan 2020Authorities in Australia have urged tens of thousands of people to move to safety amid concerns that bushfires will burn out of control this weekend.
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NSW bushfires: State of emergency declared
3 Jan 2020New South Wales' Premier has declared a week-long state of emergency as thousands are told to get out of a "tourist leave zone".
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Australian zookeeper takes animals home to save them from fire
2 Jan 2020Hundreds of animals have been saved at an Australian zoo, with staff battling surrounding bushfires and one even sheltering small monkeys and red pandas at his home.
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NSW fires expected to worsen, tourists asked to leave
2 Jan 2020New South Wales Rural Fire Service is warning tourists to leave the South Coast ahead of more dangerous bushfire conditions this weekend.
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'Fire falling out of the sky': Officer regrets defending property
2 Jan 2020Stories of survival are emerging after intense bushfires swept across Victoria in Australia, destroying at least 43 properties and burning hundreds of thousands of hectares of land, mainly in the…
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'We are broken': Wife's tribute to young father killed in bushfire
1 Jan 2020The wife of a young father who died while trying to defend his property against a bushfire on the NSW South Coast in Australia has paid emotional tribute to him.
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'Fire falling out of the sky': Police officer regrets defending his property
1 Jan 2020Stories of survival are emerging after intense bushfires swept across Victoria in Australia, destroying at least 43 properties and burning hundreds of thousands of hectares of land.
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