Bushfire in Australian national park an environmental tragedy: Expert
An expert on Wednesday described a bushfire that has burned about one fifth of a national park in the Australian Outback as an environmental tragedy.
An expert on Wednesday described a bushfire that has burned about one fifth of a national park in the Australian Outback as an environmental tragedy.
On a range of 0 to 10, life satisfaction in January 2020 declined to 6.90 from a score of 7.05 in October 2019.
Last month, a massive bushfire in the Orroral Valley south of Canberra was sparked by an Australian Defence Force (ADF) helicopter.
The death toll climbed to 28 in Australia due to the raging bushfires that have ravaged the country since September 2019.
Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham, who will meet tourism industry senior members on Thursday, told the Sydney Morning Herald that the government "stands ready" to help the industry recover.
The raging Australian bushfires have killed at least 28 people, burned over 10 million hectares of land, destroyed over 2,000 homes and pushed the continent's exclusive wildlife towards extinction.
While qualifying matches got underway at 11 a.m. (local time), Tennis Australia added that conditions onsite were constantly monitored.
With 30 per cent of their habitat already been destroyed in the devastating bushfires, koalas, the herbivorous marsupial animal native to Australia, have become a big focus for the Australian government.
The climate-change-fuelled fires have prompted an international outpouring and donations from around the world to help communities and animal populations.
The national weather agency confirmed fears there was no sign of that happening in the next few months as it released its annual report, which also showed that 2019 was Australia’s hottest and driest year on record.