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.
More than a thousand people have been evacuated from the town of Mallacoota, with the military sending landing craft to collect families trapped there since New Year's Eve.
A disaster notice in Victoria state, already in place for the past week, was extended by two days and people in danger zones were told to leave.
Saturday's casualty took the bushfire death toll since September to 22, 13 of them since the last week of 2019.
Morrison was due to visit India from Jan 13 to 16 at the invitation of Prime Minister Modi.
On Monday, thousands of residents and holidaymakers were forced to seek shelter on beaches.