Victoria bushfires
Fire breaks make for long and winding roads for burnt-out farmers
Farmers like Michael Stubbe fear their land is vulnerable to damage after containment lines were constructed to fight the Longford fire, but they’re still waiting for the CFA to make repairs.
- Benjamin Preiss
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Why a thirsty koala isn’t the feel-good story it seems
No matter how much we love them, the simple fact is: if koalas can’t climb trees, grab leaves and drink unaided, they won’t survive.
- Margaret Gordon
One question vets have to answer when fighting to save koalas
For bushfire-affected koalas, the prognosis is often bad. The vet team at Wildlife Victoria treat burnt koalas with the best care possible.
- Margaret Gordon
- Investigation
- World golf
The subtle flex that sets this country golf club apart from the city clubs
The annual invitational at this course has nothing on the star power at the dinner, where the guests include a media mogul, a cricket World Cup hero, a radio and podcast supremo, and football royalty from the AFL and NRL.
- Sam McClure
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- Extreme weather
‘We dodged a bullet’: Bushfire threat eases for central Victorian towns
An out-of-control bushfire threatened lives in three Victorian towns on Tuesday.
- Alexander Darling and Angus Delaney
- Exclusive
- Renewables
More than $9 billion in renewable energy projects fast-tracked in two years
Sweeping planning powers have been used to push through a raft of solar, wind and battery projects in just two years.
- Kieran Rooney
‘I feel like everything’s changed’: Kids in bushfire-ravaged Victoria are returning to school
In many blackened towns, families are still putting out fires, mourning euthanised farm animals and defending their homes as preppies and school kids prepare for their first days of school on Monday.
- Nicole Precel
- Opinion
- Victorian election
Politicians and the media once united to do good. In this heat, that’s impossible
Politics in Victoria used to be done better. There is no stronger example than the disciplined bipartisanship that helped create VicHealth.
- Chip Le Grand
Locals told to stay vigilant as bushfires could ‘run again’
As crews try to contain blazes in the Otways, Victoria’s fire chief has warned about the tinder-dry conditions.
- Liam Mannix, Bianca Hall and Alexander Darling
Victoria heatwave as it happened: State swelters through record-breaking heatwave as Otways fire grows
The last time Victoria experienced such a prolonged heatwave was 2009, when Black Saturday saw the Mallee record 12 days above 40 degrees. Follow our rolling coverage.
- Isabel McMillan and Cassandra Morgan