| The NSW Rural Fire Service has warned that today's searing heat and gusty winds "will make fire behaviour erratic and dangerous". |
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| Police believe a fire in grassland in Gordon was deliberately lit today, while a total fire ban was in place in the ACT. |
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| The union representing cleaners and security guards has called on companies to pay rostered workers while some buildings are closed. |
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| Staffing at the National Bushfire Recovery Agency is uncapped as the federal government ramps up its response to the bushfire disaster. |
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| Australia has intelligence that Iran shot down a passenger plane in what Prime Minister Scott Morrison describes as a terrible accident. |
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| Defence personnel are ready to pounce on bushfire grounds as extreme conditions grip Victoria, NSW and the ACT. |
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| Opinion: Scott Morrison is again effectively our nation's tourism ambassador, and that's really not for the best, writes Jenna Price. |
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| Lake Burley Griffin often plays host to all sorts of nasties, but this time there's something else at play. |
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| Every federal MP will receive a copy to show there is more to the city than "the Canberra bubble". |
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| Lachie Onslow has escaped without serious injury after his helicopter crashed into a dam while fighting fires on the Far South Coast. |
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| The Canberra tennis star, who has started a fundraising movement, also thinks the Prime Minister could do more. |
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