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Bushfire victims to get $50k to rebuild

12 Mar 2009, 6:30PM

Bushfire survivors whose homes were lost or badly damaged in the deadly Black Saturday disaster will receive $50,000 each to kickstart their rebuilding process. Read more

Coroner delays body release

07 Mar 2009, 10:25AM

Relatives of bushfire victims who are awaiting the release of their bodies face further frustration as the identification process continues. Read more


Australia's worst natural disasters

01 Sep 2009, 12:00AM

The bushfire crisis in Victoria is Australia's worst-ever bushfire disaster. It's also Australia's worst natural disaster in 110 years. Here's a list of other natural disasters. Read more

Bushfire report an internet hit

Victorian firefighters tackle the Black Saturday bushfires

21 Aug 2009, 5:06PM

It hasn't quite gone viral, but the Black Saturday bushfires report has become an internet hit, attracting thousands of readers from across the world. Read more

'No guarantees' Black Saturday won't repeat

29 Jul 2009, 12:33PM

Victorian Premier John Brumby has put the state's chances of suffering more deadly fires down to luck and the weather.
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Melbourne just escaped bushfires

Some suburbs narrowly escaped the fires (aap)

11 Jun 2009, 6:57PM

The chief officer of the Country Fire Authority has told a commission into Victoria's Black Saturday bushfires that the tragedy would have been much worse if Melbourne had been hit.  

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Police: Maiden Gully fire deliberately started

10 Jun 2009, 12:54PM

Victorian police believe the deadly Black Saturday bushfire that broke out in the Maiden Gully and Bendigo area was deliberately lit. Read more

100 days on, bushfire recovery slowly moving forward

Residents attend a flag raising ceremony after the Premier of Victoria John Brumby launched a new temporary village and radio station in Marysville, north of Melbourne. (AAP)

17 May 2009, 3:04PM

One hundred days on from Victoria's devastating bushfires, only a third of the 3,000 properties destroyed or damaged have been cleared.
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Warnings took 'hours' to reach bushfire towns

11 May 2009, 7:14PM

The royal commission into Victoria's deadly fires has heard that Kinglake's fire chief was 'never told' experts predicted the blaze's route would devastate the town.
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Woman's sprinkler design saved home

11 May 2009, 5:14PM

The Royal Commission into the Black Saturday fires has asked for a submission from a woman whose homemade sprinkler system saved her Marysville home.
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Police charged with Black Saturday sex crimes

07 May 2009, 4:37PM

Two South Australian police officers have been charged with sex crimes committed while they were in Victoria assisting with the Black Saturday bushfires. Read more

Bushfire toll drops to 173

30 Mar 2009, 12:51PM

Police have dropped the estimated number deaths in the Victorian bushfires from 210 to 173 after seven weeks examining remains.
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