CSIRO produces guide to help protect from future bushfires

Australia’s Black Summer bushfire season in 2019 to 2020 has been described as unprecedented in scale and harm. Australia's national science agency is encouraging anyone concerned about the risk of bushfire to consult a new guide, which aims to better protect people from one of the most real and destructive threats to Australia's population - which is on track to worsen as the climate changes.

The intense fire resembles the sun's surface with solar flares radiating outwards. Photograph taken at night from Echo Point lookout, Katoomba, Blue Mountains Source: Getty