TONY EASTLEY: Five years on from Canberra's devastating firestorm there's widespread acknowledgement the disaster has changed the way communities think about bushfire risk. The 2003 fires were one of ...

An appeal over compensation for damages from Canberra's 2003 firestorm has come to an end. QBE Insurance and ACT farmer Wayne West said New South Wales firefighters owed a duty of care to ACT property ...

Like many people who experienced the 2003 Canberra bushfires, horse owner Jane Hedges's memories of the event are apocalyptic ...

A firestorm swept through the western suburbs of Canberra on January 18, resulting in the deaths of four people, the destruction of 503 homes. Around 300 people had to be treated for burns and smoke ...

Four people were killed, hundreds injured and 530 homes destroyed when bushfires engulfed the southern and western suburbs of Canberra, Australia’s national capital, last Saturday afternoon. Shops, a ...

At a commemoration ceremony at the ACT Bushfire Memorial on Friday, Jane Smyth reflected on the fear and shock of the day the fires entered the city, the "sick feeling" of people whose homes were ...

More than 600 plaintiffs, including victims and insurance companies, will take their case to the ACT Supreme Court today. The group is seeking an estimated $100 million for injuries and losses from ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. ACT Coroner Maria Doogan has slammed the ACT Emergency Services Bureau for inadequately planning for and fighting the 2003 firestorm ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Fierce winds drove a firestorm into suburban Canberra yesterday, killing one man and destroying up to 100 homes, a school, a medical ...