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| Australia fires live: third death in Victoria confirmed as NSW bushfires communities assess damage – latest updates | |
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| Scott Morrison to tour island where there are grave fears for unique wildlife. NSW and Victorian communities clean up during a brief period of cooler weather. Follow the latest news and live updates | Scott Morrison to tour island where there are grave fears for unique wildlife. NSW and Victorian communities clean up during a brief period of cooler weather. Follow the latest news and live updates |
| Across the other states: | |
| QUEENSLAND | |
| * 19 bushfires across the state | |
| * 2.5 million hectares burnt | |
| * 48 homes confirmed destroyed | |
| WESTERN AUSTRALIA | |
| * 32 bushfires burning in the Goldfield-Esperance region, Wheatbelt, Pilbara, Perth region and southeast | |
| * 1.7 million hectares burnt | |
| * One home confirmed destroyed | |
| TASMANIA | |
| * 14 bushfires burning across the state’s north, east and south | |
| * More than 32,000 hectares burnt | |
| * Two homes confirmed destroyed | |
| ACT | |
| * No fires burning | |
| NORTHERN TERRITORY | |
| * No bushfires burning | |
| * Five homes confirmed destroyed | |
| Here is the situation on Wednesday afternoon, state by state | |
| (via AAP) | |
| NSW | |
| * 20 people dead | |
| * 119 fires continue to burn with up to 50 uncontained | |
| * Almost five million hectares burned - equal to the metro areas of the five mainland state capitals | |
| * 1687 homes confirmed destroyed, more than 3300 outbuildings and 168 facilities razed | |
| VICTORIA | |
| * Three people dead (including forest fire management firefighter, Matt Kavanagh | |
| * 12 bushfires burning in the Gippsland, northeast and alpine regions | |
| * More than 1.2 million hectares burnt | |
| * More than 200 homes confirmed destroyed with total expected to rise | |
| SOUTH AUSTRALIA | |
| * Three people dead | |
| * Six fires burning on Kangaroo Island | |
| * More than 274,000 hectares burnt | |
| * 161 homes confirmed destroyed, along with 413 sheds and outhouses | |
| Just an update - Friday will bring the next big fire threat. | |
| If you are in a fire zone, authorities are recommending you leave now. | |
| Fire behavioural analysts are coming in to help Victorian authorities predict the path of the fire, given we have seen bushfires exceed the worst case scenario modelling. | |
| Andrew Crisp, the Victorian emergency management chief, says that Victoria has asked for more help from the US: | |
| Authorities are getting stronger in their messages to people at risk from the fires - they are telling people to get out ahead of Friday’s worsening conditions. | |
| There are no mandatory evacuations as yet, but they could come. In the mean time, the advice is to go, as far ahead in advance of Friday as is possible. | |
| Lisa Neville: | |
| Lisa Neville: | |
| Lisa Neville says the crash that claimed Matt Kavanagh, a married father of two, happened last Friday, but a police investigation has now confirmed it was a fire-related death. | |
| The CBA’s chief economist has had a look at the impact of the fires on the wider Australian community. | |
| Here are some of the take aways: | |
| What are the implications? | |
| The extensive bushfires have extracted a horrible toll on lives and property. But as always Australians will bounce back. Over the past 28 years, Australia has regularly experienced bushfires, drought, floods and cyclones. Some events have weighed on economic activity. But there has also been the recovery as Australians rebuild and attempt to resume some form of normality. | |
| The bushfires and drought will keep upward pressure on food prices. | |
| The bushfires and Eastern Australian drought are occurring at a time when consumer and business spending is restrained. So the natural disasters could have a longer-term impact. The chances of recession have lifted. So the onus is on state and federal governments to respond together with the Reserve Bank. | |
| The Australian fires, the smoke and the drought have had significant international attention. And the natural disasters of fire and drought have had a much wider geographical impact on Australia than events in the past. As a result there could be short-to-medium term negative effects on tourism – especially as budding tourists add smoke haze to the list of factors they weigh up when deciding potential holiday destinations. | |
| Victoria’s emergency services minister, Lisa Neville, has confirmed the death of Matt Kavanagh. | |
| She is expected to hold a press conference very soon. | |
| Daniel Andrews mentioned this accident earlier this week: | |
| South Australian authorities are giving a warning to residents of Vivonne Bay on Kangaroo Island – it’s a pre-emptive warning, in case the fire breaks its containment lines in tomorrow’s more dangerous fire conditions. | |
| The fire is not headed there now, but authorities are worried it will head there very, very quickly if the fire gets past the control lines. | |
| Just a reminder that tomorrow will bring the start of dangerous fire conditions once again. | Just a reminder that tomorrow will bring the start of dangerous fire conditions once again. |
| We have had a brief reprieve in some areas, but temperatures in some parts are going to hit 40C again by Friday. | |
| On top of that, is a return of the winds. | |
| It is not expected to be as bad as what was seen on New Year’s Day, but it’s not great either. | |
| Air quality continues to be a problem across large regions of Australia: | Air quality continues to be a problem across large regions of Australia: |