Last month, Sumarlinah and I had the opportunity of travelling to Mildura for the annual Changefest: Rivers of Change; People, Places and Possibilities. The DisasterWISE submission had been accepted and…
The Black Summer Fires created havoc in so many communities. Roads were blocked, power was out, telecommunications were down, not just for a few days but for weeks. The flow…
In November 2019, New South Wales and Queensland were on fire. North Warrandyte resident Max was listening to a media broadcast and learned that 30% of the affected people had…
By John Mannion
I was lying in a hospital bed post-surgery when I first saw the devastating impacts of the bushfires in my home state of South Australia. I live…
Australian communities take great pride in how they help one another during emergencies, and
rightly so. Over the last few years during bushfires, floods and pandemics, there have been great
examples of…
