CANBERRA, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced emergency disaster payments for people affected by a major bushfire in the country's southeast.

"They're safe. Thank goodness it was a real relief to get through Boxing Day." The full damage of the bushfire to the ...

The Disaster Recovery Allowance provides up to 13 weeks of income support for workers and sole traders who have experienced loss of income as a result of recent bushfires in the Rural City of Ararat, ...

The Albanese Labor Government is activating financial support for Victorians directly affected by bushfires burning in and around the Grampians National Park and Macedon Ranges - through the Disaster ...

A large fire in The Grampians National Park, Victoria, has spread across 74,000 hectares, destroying homes and farmlands.

Authorities in Australia's Victoria state looked on Sunday to contain and assess damage from a large fire that has ripped through The Grampians National Park this week, destroying homes and farmlands.

A bushfire grew to more than 74,000 hectares (182,857 acres) by Friday, December 27, burning through swathes of Grampians ...

More than 1,300 tiny, critically endangered snails that were bred in a UK zoo were released on a remote Atlantic island in a bid by conservationists to save the species. The Desertas Island land ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, Virginia, has announced the rare and exciting arrival of a baby pygmy hippo on December 9. The calf was born to parents Iris and Corwin after a seven-month gestation ...

Timelapse footage captured a bushfire tearing across a hill in Bellfield, Victoria, near Grampians National Park on the evening of Friday,. On Friday, all emergency warnings had been downgraded to a ...

Australian firefighters said Friday they were fighting to control a bushfire racing through a national park that has consumed ...

Communities and firefighters across Australia’s second-most populous state are preparing for potentially devastating wildfires as a heatwave fanned by erratic winds presented the worst fire conditions ...