Bushfire News
Levy role riles councils
ONE council in a fire-prone area wants to lobby the Victorian Government to scrap the fire services levy.
A billion thanks for CFA volunteers
THE value of unpaid labour from the Country Fire Authority's 60,000 volunteers has been calculated to be close to one billion dollars.
Insurers investigated over fire-levy scam
HOME insurers are being investigated over claims customers are being slugged 40 per cent premium increases.
SA bushfire veteran begins Tas inquiry
TASMANIA'S summer of devastation will yield its own lessons, a veteran of South Australia's deadly Wangary blaze says.
Government funds Fiskville clean-up
THE Country Fire Authority's notorious Fiskville training college will get a $16.8 million clean-up.
High fire danger in Vic
IN an unseasonal spike, fire danger will increase across much of Victoria today, the CFA warns.
Burns progress in Victoria's east
ALMOST 440 Department of Environment and Primary Industries firefighters managed 123 individual burns last week.
Qld Rural Fire Service review accepted
A REVIEW with 91 recommendations to restructure Qld's Rural Fire Service has been accepted by the state government.
Rice stubble fire warning
RICE growers need to act responsibly in burning their crop stubbles at the end of the season.
NSW releases bushfire plan
NSW will double hazard reduction burning as part of its first 10-year plan for managing bushfires in national parks.
Fire near turbines not a new challenge
WIND turbines pose a challenge when fighting fires from the air, but no harder than having to work around power lines.
Farmers fear unfair fire levy
FARMERS fear they may get a raw deal out of the new fire services property levy.
New rules ensure our fire cover
THERE are good reasons behind changes to the State Government's fire services levy, writes Treasurer MICHAEL O'BRIEN
Heat on bushfire inquiry
LANDHOLDERS affected by a planned burn that got out of control near Mirboo North a fortnight ago are calling for an independent investigation.
Burning questions over uncontrolled fire
THIS year's hot summer created a devastating fire season with lives and homes lost in Gippsland, the alpine region and Dereel.
Halls Gap fire warning
FIRE crews are trying to stop a small grassfire in Halls Gap from reaching state forest.
CFA website, app in for makeover
THE Country Fire Authority website and the FireReady iPhone application will be overhauled.
Bushfire appeal nears $8m
THE Tasmanian Bushfire Appeal has raised almost $8 million from public donations.
Dereel back on its feet
RESIDENTS have returned to Dereel after a bushfire destroyed 16 homes in their town, south of Ballarat.
Fire response impeded
AN emergency agency at the centre of Tasmania's January bushfires says there was a lack of control at evacuation sites.
NSW South Coast fire 'deliberate'
POLICE believe a bushfire that burned up to 7ha of land at St Georges Basin on the NSW South Coast yesterday was deliberately lit.
Fire threat on Kangaroo Island subsides
THE threat from a bushfire burning on South Australia's Kangaroo Island has subsided.
Dareel bushfire may be arson
UPDATE: A BUSHFIRE in Victoria's west that grew into a catastrophic blaze and damaged properties may have been deliberately lit.
