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REVEALED: Australia’s 10 sweatiest towns - they’re all in WA
8+ hour, 38+ min ago (463+ words) WA has delivered a clean sweep in the battle for Australia’s stuffiest towns — taking all 10 spots in a new ranking of more than 3300 locations. From the Kimberley to the Pilbara, WA’s tropical north has dominated the list after researchers crunched…...
Warning from NSW RFS for Illawarra landholders
19+ hour, 40+ min ago (116+ words) Wave 96.5 Warning from NSW RFS for Illawarra landholders The NSW RFS is calling on all Illawarra residents and landholders, to do the right thing when it comes to hazard reduction or pile burns. Superintendent Surrey said over the next few…...
Preparing for the Fire
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (217+ words) The conflagrations in France provide an occasion for deciding what is actually valuable. I was prey to strange thoughts and emotions. My library, for example, is in effect an autobiography that only I can read. There is evidence in it…...
Spring temperature 'see-saw' in full effect in southern Australia
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (595+ words) Maximum temperatures will fluctuate quite dramatically across most of southern Australia over the weekend and into the new week, as the spring 'see-saw' takes full effect. Let's take a look at forecasts for the southern capitals over the coming seven…...
Australia homeowner says one early step cut bushfire sprinkler costs to '1/10th of the price"
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (573+ words) For people building homes in wildfire country, a useful protection step can happen early in the build: install the fire-suppression piping before any concrete around the house is poured. That was the takeaway from one Australian homeowner, who said their…...
World Fire Congress 2026 concludes with global call for prevention, collaboration and shared resilience
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (325+ words) Sep 10, 2026, 15:53 ET The 2026 edition closed with a clear message: safeguarding communities against increasingly complex risks will require sustained international collaboration and shared leadership. Attention turns to Dubai, UAE, host of the World Fire Congress 2028. LONDON, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Fire…...
The Emergency Makeshift
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (1517+ words) By Sean Ring PostedSeptember 10, 2026 It’s Vienna in 1927. Ludwig von Mises is sitting in his office at the Austrian Chamber of Commerce and has just written the most dangerous paragraph of his career. Of course, he doesn’t know that. But that…...
Wildfires in summer 2026: In Brief
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (150+ words) Go to Senedd Business chevron_right Go to How we work chevron_right Visit the Senedd chevron_right Go to Topic listing page chevron_right Published 10/09/2026   |   Reading Time minutes Wales experienced a severe wildfire season during summer 2026, along with much of western Europe. A Welsh Government…...
Nearmap Analysis Shows Property Vulnerability Score Predicted Bushfire Damage Outcomes In Victorian Fires
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (939+ words) Properties assessed as highly vulnerable to bushfire were 3.6 times more likely to be destroyed or badly damaged during the January 2026 Victorian bushfires than properties rated least vulnerable, according to new analysis from aerial imagery and AI company, Nearmap. The analysis,…...
Postcode pricing cannot see what the Victorian fires revealed
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (394+ words) New data from the January 2026 Victorian bushfires has given the Australian insurance industry its clearest evidence yet that postcode-level risk assessments leave a material gap in how bushfire vulnerability is measured – and how premiums are priced. Those results came from…...