A commitment at Carranballac Submitted by daniel on Mon, 19/01/2026 - 20:00 The Streatham grassfire ignited shortly after 1.30pm on Friday, driven by catastrophic heat and westerly winds that tore across open country at more than 80 kilometres an hour. West Vic News
Federal Disaster Payment Available For More Victorians Submitted by daniel on Sat, 17/01/2026 - 01:57 Joint media release with Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher The Albanese Government is extending financial assistance further for Victorians impacted by the bushfires that have devastated communities. The National Tribune
Federal Disaster Payment Available For More Victorians Submitted by daniel on Sat, 17/01/2026 - 01:56 Joint media release with Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher The Albanese Government is extending financial assistance further for Victorians impacted by the bushfires that have devastated communities. Mirage News
‘A damn lot of luck’: How three Victorian towns were spared by unstoppable fires Submitted by daniel on Fri, 16/01/2026 - 18:00 “You wake up and are you right for about two minutes, and then that overwhelming anxiety comes into your body and you’re just sick. Sick to your stomach.” The Sydney Morning Herald
‘A damn lot of luck’: How three Victorian towns were spared by unstoppable fires Submitted by daniel on Fri, 16/01/2026 - 18:00 “You wake up and are you right for about two minutes, and then that overwhelming anxiety comes into your body and you’re just sick. Sick to your stomach.” Brisbane Times
Committee cancelled: Lambeth Labour roll the dice on silence as opposition grows on No Casino U turn Submitted by daniel on Fri, 16/01/2026 - 14:00 Lambeth’s Licensing Committee meeting was again cancelled at the eleventh hour, ahead of a scheduled debate on the borough’s new Gambling Policy, with the council still refusing to explain how its long-standing “No Casino” clause vanished from the draft without discussion, authorship, or explanat Brixton Buzz
Environmental projects in Streatham, Brixton and Norwood awarded £215,000 by The Mayor of London’s Green Roots Fund Submitted by daniel on Fri, 16/01/2026 - 08:00 The Mayor of London’s Green Roots Fund has awarded grants to five projects in Lambeth to improve green and blue infrastructure across the borough. Brixton Buzz
Vic farmers count the cost of fierce, widespread fires Submitted by daniel on Fri, 16/01/2026 - 05:22 RURAL communities across Victoria are counting the cost of recent bushfires as emergency services and volunteers continue to fight 14 blazes across the state. Sheep Central
See how Victoria’s bushfires spread: a visual guide to the scale of devastation Submitted by daniel on Fri, 16/01/2026 - 01:45 Victoria has been battered by some of the most destructive bushfires in its history, with blazes tearing through 400,000 hectares across the state and claiming the life of a cattle farmer, Maxwell Hobson. The Guardian