Katherine Bennell-Pegg touts the importance of expanding Australia's defence sector beyond the stratosphere, during her first ...

So-called ‘firetech’ start ups are calling on Australia to ramp up the use of tech in the mitigation, detection and response ...

A recent bushfire in Kadnook, western Victoria, which destroyed at least one property and burned more than 1,000 hectares of land, is being investigated due to suspicion it was deliberately lit. This ...

A new report into the impact of rising global temperatures paints a grim picture of a disaster-ridden Australia.

Australia is about to reach its more dangerous weather period, known as the severe weather season, which runs from October to April.

The study found poorer communities, renters and women carried the heaviest burdens long after the Black Summer fires were put ...

Bushfires raged in Australia's Victoria on Saturday, prompting an evacuation order at the highest rating for hundreds of people residing in the west of the state. Authorities raised the alert for an ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An uncontained bushfire raging in Australia's Victoria state that has prompted an evacuation order for hundreds of residents will burn for several days, officials said on Sunday.

Artificial intelligence technology will be deployed in more Australian forests in an investment inspired by the devastating ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian fire crews are battling massive bushfires on Fraser Island, the world’s largest sand island, which have been burning for six weeks, forcing tourists to flee the island ...

Adds details on new bushfire in paragraphs 1, 3-4 SYDNEY, Feb 24 (Reuters) - A bushfire in Australia's Victoria state raged out of control on Saturday, with authorities issuing a fresh evacuation ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Smoke from raging bushfires in Australia blanketed parts of neighbouring New Zealand on Sunday, turning the sky over Auckland a bright orange. The city is more than 2,000 ...