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Bushfires

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Working paper

Aboriginal peoples and the response to the 2019-2020 bushfires


This paper presents some initial information about the Aboriginal population that has been affected by the 2019–2020 bushfires.
Report

Summer of crisis


This report outlines the first comprehensive overview of the devastating climate impacts Australians experienced this summer. It focuses on New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, because the effects of the bushfires were most severe in these areas. It is acknowledged that the bushfires also affected Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania.
Guide

2019–20 bushfires: quick guide


This guide provides a short overview of the 2019-20 fire season in Victoria, as well as the government response to date.
Fact sheet

Fact Check: Have more than a billion animals perished nationwide this bushfire season? Here are the facts


An ecology expert from the University of Sydney says the fires burning across Australia have killed more than 800 million mammals, birds and reptiles, and claims that the total is probably "over a billion".
Fact sheet

Fact Check Fact File: Some Coalition MPs say that arson is mostly to blame for the bushfire crisis. Here are the facts


Social media is rife with claims that unprecedented levels of arson, not climate change, is the main cause of this season's bushfires. But what does the data show?