A bushfire over 80 hectares in size burning on Sydney's northern beaches was downgraded from emergency to advice on Saturday by the Rural Fire Service (RFS) of the Australian state of New South Wales.
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.
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.
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.
