Many Australians probably thought the worst of the bushfire season was over. But climate change is bringing not just more frequent and severe fires, but longer fire seasons.
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With the disastrous effects of climate change already upon us, past events may have lessons for the future.
The new ABC drama Fires is a six-part series of interlinked stories inspired by the 2019-2020 Black Summer fire season.
Our report draws on data from more than 1,000 participants who told us of their experiences through community meetings, repeated surveys years after the fires or in-depth interviews.
Low-income earners, small-business owners and part-time workers are most likely to lose income following a disaster.
Estimates of the cost of Victoria’s 2009 Black Saturday fires provide a staring point for calculating the much bigger cost of these ones.
Artists and entertainers have raised millions of dollars for the current bushfire crisis – so why are they still at the receiving end of so much criticism and so little funding and support?
The latest bushfires cannot be compared to Ash Wednesday or Black Saturday. Our nation’s fire history is being rewritten.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Climate Criminologist & Senior Instructor/Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University
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Honorary Associate Professor of Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor (adjunct) in Creative Writing, Flinders University
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Professor of Economics, Head of the Department of Economics, and Director of the Centre for Disaster Resilience and Recovery, Deakin University
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Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Public and Environmental Policy, University of Tasmania
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Academic, Population Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Bushfire Science, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University