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Australia: Black Saturday bushfires 2009

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Introduction

On Saturday, February 7, 2009, a series of bushfires blazed across the state of Victoria, killing several dozen people and amounting to billions of dollars in damages. Black Saturday is remembered as one of Australia's worst bushfires.

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Wildfire
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Australia

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The economic cost of the social impact of natural disasters

This report looks at the costs and long-term social impacts of natural disasters in Australia, including those on health and wellbeing, education, employment and community network.

Deloitte
Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience & Safer Communities
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Australia: Bushfire-proof houses are affordable and look good – so why aren't we building more?

In June 2009, not long after Victoria’s Black Saturday bushfires claimed 173 lives and destroyed more than 2000 houses, a group of architects came together to help those who had been affected, reports the Guardian. As part of the 'We will Rebuild' initiative, they offered free consultations and 19 customisable pro bono designs, which were environmentally sustainable and met the “higher end” of the building standards for those in bushfire prone areas...

Guardian, the (UK)
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Australia: Lessons learnt from disasters

After heat waves, fires and floods, 'all of these events have highlighted the need for us all to have a heightened sense of our environment, and the necessity of having good plans in place for when risks arise,' said Rosemary Hogan, the general manager of client services for the Royal District Nursing Service...

Nursing Review, APN Educational Media