what’s behind the intense, sudden fires burning across New South Wales and Tasmania
- Written by Rachael Helene Nolan, Associate Professor, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
Dozens of bushfires raged over the weekend as far afield as the mid-north coast of New South Wales and Tasmania’s east coast. A NSW firefighter tragically lost his life, 16 homes burned down in the NSW town of Koolewong and four in Bulahdelah, and another 19 burned down in Tasmania’s Dolphin Sands.
Temperatures reached 41°C in...





