Eighth person confirmed dead in NSW South Coast fires as PM announces $2 billion bushfire recovery fund

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has committed $2 billion over the next two years to the bushfire recovery.

Property damaged by the East Gippsland fires in Sarsfield, Victoria. Source: AAP

NSW police have confirmed an eighth person has died as bushfires ravage the state’s South Coast region.

A NSW Police Force spokesperson said the 71-year-old man was reported missing on 31 December while moving equipment on his property in Nerrigundah.

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