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Tag: Bushfires
Free legal advice – last chance for farmers and small businesses
Free legal advice for farmers and small businesses affected by recent bushfires is due to finish…
Call for applications – new Local Land Services Board Chair Needed
Local Land Services is calling on passionate, innovative and highly experienced individuals to apply for the vacant Chair…
Extended support for fire ravaged communities in the Clarence and Richmond valleys
Towns like Rappville, Nymboida, Ewingar and others affected by the 2019-2020 bushfires can relax knowing the…
Grants to assist flood recovery
Flood recovery grants of up to $75,000 jointly funded by the Australian and NSW Governments will…
Bushfire prediction tech to bolster emergency response efforts
Australia will develop a nationally consistent bushfire modelling and prediction capability under an agreement announced today…
Bushfire recovery program hitting the ground in Doubleduke State Forest
The $46 million bushfire recovery program from the NSW Government is seeing work happening now to…
Mullumbimby landholders and conservationists tackling ‘highly-flammable’ exotic bamboo species to protect koalas
After 5,000 hectares in the Nightcap and surrounding National Parks were devastated in the Black Summer…
New holistic approach to monitoring climate will help fight bushfires
A study during last season’s bushfires provides vital insights into the multiple interplays between weather extremes…
Saving koalas requires a bold new vision
The Nature Conservation Council welcomes Environment Minister Matt Kean’s pledge to double the state’s koala population…
Fire training to facilitate increased traditional burning in State forests
Representatives from the Bunya, Coffs and Biripi Local Aboriginal Land Councils completed basic fire training with…
EPA issues second ‘stop work’
In last week’s Independent it was reported that The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) issued the…
Government authority issues ‘stop work’ to government corporation
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) issued the Forestry Corporation of NSW with a stop work…
Potential for active Australian bushfire season
Australians should be prepared for more fire risks, according to the Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook: July…
Peak strata body issues fire risk warning
A fire risk warning has been issued for New South Wales residents living in apartments, units…
Will new private logging rules fail Koalas again?
New rules proposed for private land logging will result in continued decline of koala populations, particularly…
Koala report release must be a game changer for more habitat protection or koalas on track for extinction
The Report from the NSW Upper House Inquiry into the State’s Koala Populations and their Habitat…
Council seeks funding from the bushfire industry recovery package for Clarence Way upgrade
Clarence Valley Council will apply for up to $2.5 million towards the upgrade and sealing of…