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Yarloop bushfire: signs of life take root after the apocalypse
Soggy soil means we’re in for a summer sauna
The sunburnt continent: rising fire danger
Forecast warns of increased bushfire risk
Public good not paramount as CRC review highlights industry focus
Bushfire modelling a test of human nature when the heat is on
Bushfire warning: Victoria could be worst hit this season
Australia and NZ 'learning from adversity'
Response to emergency 'proves lessons learned'
THE greater focus on the primacy of life through safer and faster messaging and dramatically improved weather forecasting has spared southeastern Australia large-scale fire casualties.
Fire experts have hailed the response to the emergency in Victoria as evidence of lessons learned but warned that the conditions were well below the severity of the 2009 fire disaster and complacency on the urban-rural fringes remained an issue.
