Bushfires
Alternative labels
Wildfires
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?