The bushfire burning at Wilsons Promontory since February 8. Picture: Michael Abicare Holidaymakers stopped as park burns
Angus Hohenboken SHIRLEEN Britton has had a rough year. The Flowerdale resident was bitten by a snake on New Year's Day. Then she discovered her home was...
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Inquiry head to face issue of blame
Cameron Stewart WITH at least 209 people dead, royal commissioner Bernard Teague knows he cannot avoid grappling with the delicate question of blame in ...
Woman accused of bogus death claim
Lauren Wilson A MELBOURNE woman has been charged over an alleged attempt to obtain $15,000 by falsely claiming that her father was killed in the Black...
Officers' claims spark turf war
Milanda Rout A BRAWL has erupted between Victoria's fire services and the firefighters union over claims up to 1200 officers were left on the sidelin...
Fire-safe cigs 'fallacy'
Natasha Bita A TOBACCO giant has accused the anti-smoking lobby of exploiting Victoria's bushfire calamity by pushing through the early introduction ...
Surviving on wrong side of fire track
Rick Wallace, Victorian political reporter ONE of the most striking aspects of the Black Saturday fires was that no firefighter died tackling the blaze. Of the dozen or so close s...
Churches see essence of Christ
Rowan Callick RELIGIOUS leaders have been called into service after the fires.
Back to sift through the ashes
Stuart Rintoul A RETURN to the scene of our worst peacetime tragedy.
Brigades defend bushfire response
Milanda Rout | 1:51pm VICTORIA'S country and city fire brigades have hit back at union claims they didn't work together on Black Saturday as lives were lost.
Woman charged with bushfire aid fraud
Lauren Wilson | 12:50pm A WOMAN has been charged with attempting to claim a $10,000 payout by falsely claiming her father was killed on Black Saturday.
Crowe to help fund rebuilding
Angus Hohenboken and Lauren Wilson BLACK Saturday victims vowed last night to build a "mini-Marysville" on the flattened town's surviving golf course, and actor Russell Cr...
Holidaymakers stopped as park burns
Lauren Wilson GROUND and aerial crews are battling an erratic bushfire raging out of control through almost inaccessible terrain in Wilsons Promontory...
A long road to renewal
Milanda Rout THE Victorian bushfires rekindled the horror of losing the family home in a 1997 blaze.
Self-dousing cigs to cut bushfire risk
Natasha Bita CANBERRA is fast-tracking new laws forcing tobacco companies to make cigarettes that snuff themselves out.
Extreme fire risks off the scale
Verity Edwards THE South Australian Country Fire Service is reviewing its fire danger index warnings, after "catastrophic" weather conditions on Black ...
City firefighters 'not deployed'
THE Country Fire Authority has been accused of blocking city firefighters from helping fight the horrific blazes that burned Victoria an...
Falling tree lands on fire truck
A FIRE crew had a close call when a tree fell on their truck 24 hours after a firefighter was killed by a falling branch.
Smoke threatens state's premium wines
Angus Hohenboken BUSHFIRE smoke has tainted the fruit of entire vineyards in the Upper Goulburn Valley and is posing a threat to the Yarra Valley, Victor...
Relief plans derailed by damage
Julie-Anne Davies EMERGENCY health chiefs co-ordinating the statewide medical response to Black Saturday knew early on there would be at least 200 dead, b...
Princess Anne coming to mourn with us
Julie-Anne Davies PRINCESS Anne will travel to Australia to attend Sunday's national day of mourning.
Firey was paying debt of honour
Paul Maley DAVID Balfour, the Canberra firefighter killed battling Victoria's apocalyptic blazes, felt a "debt of honour" was owed by his home town...
Brumby pledges grants for business
Rick Wallace, Victorian political reporter BUSINESSES damaged or destroyed by fires will be given grants of up to $25,000 and be able to borrow up to $200,000 on friendly terms un...
Rebuilding to prop up home values
Stuart Rintoul PROPERTY values in blackened communities of Victoria are unlikely to crash, an expert predicted yesterday, as it was revealed almost one...
Lessons in firefighter's death
AUTHORITIES will learn from the death of a Canberra firefighter who was killed by a falling tree in Victoria.
Cop manages to cope
Angus Hohenboken THE frightening experience of shepherding about 200 people towards a potential death-trap was only the start of the horrors Maryville po...
Fish farmers flounder
Angus Hohenboken THE rainbow trout and salmon farming industry is counting the cost of the deaths of masses of fish after the Black Saturday bushfires.
Marysville 'Rowe's paradise'
Lauren Wilson IN the beginning, literacy warrior Ken Rowe was labelled a heretic.
Ministers blocked warning system
Nicolas Perpitch THE West Australian Government repeatedly pressed federal ministers to introduce a fire and emergency early warning system throughout th...
Run-off risk for water supplies
Rick Wallace SEVERAL of Melbourne's main catchment areas have been heavily burnt out, with fires still burning in thick forest to the city's east, le...
Informal hearings within a fortnight
Rick Wallace, Victorian political reporter PUBLIC hearings of the royal commission into the Black Saturday bushfires are expected to be held in fire-ravaged regions within two wee...
Call for fire-zone building curbs
Rowan Callick EXPERTS will ask the royal commission to recommend a ban on new estates and hobby farms in fire-prone areas.
Bushfire toll hits 200
THE death toll from Victoria's bushfires has reached 200, police say.
