Tag: Brindabella 2611
Two injured after emergency plane landing
A small plane was forced to make an emergency landing in the Brindabella mountains, south-west of the ACT, this afternoon.[MORE]
Bushfire compo case to go ahead
Bushfire victim Wayne West has cleared another hurdle in his fight to sue the New South Wales Government.[MORE]
Gale force winds to whip through Canberra
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for the Southern Highlands and Canberra, forecasting gale force winds gusting up to 90 kilometres per hour on Sunday afternoon.[MORE]
Brindabella fire plan open for comment
The New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service says its fire management plan for the Brindabella National Park west of Canberra will reduce the risk of another major bushfire.[MORE]
NSW parks service defends delay of Brindabella fire plan
New South Wales Parks and Wildlife says it expects a fire management plan for the Brindabella National Park, on the western edge of the ACT, to go on public display in the next couple of weeks.[MORE]
Still no bushfire plan for Brindabellas: NSW Opposition
The New South Wales Opposition says five years after the 2003 firestorm there is still no bushfire management plan for the Brindabella National Park on the western edge of the ACT. [MORE]
Search for bushwalker extended till Saturday
ACT police have named the bushwalker who has been missing for nine days in the Brindabella Ranges.[MORE]
Crews mull calling off search for bushwalker
Emergency Services will decide today whether to call-off the search for a bushwalker missing in the Brindabella Ranges, near Canberra, for over a week.[MORE]
Police keep up search for bushwalker
Police have decided to continue to search into the weekend for a Canberra bushwalker who went missing on Sunday.[MORE]
NSW argues for bushfire case to be thrown out
The ACT Supreme Court has heard rural fire fighters will be reluctant to volunteer in the future if legal action over the 2003 fires proceeds.[MORE]
Authorities consider closing highway as Kosziusko fires break lines
Authorities are expecting to close the Snowy Mountains Highway tonight after two fires have leapt containment lines in remote bushland in the Kosziusko National Park south-east of Tumut, near Canberra.[MORE]
Conditions ripe for bushfire repetition, say landowners
Property owners west of Canberra fear heavy fuel loads on the ground could be worse than three years ago, when devastating bushfires began in the Brindabella ranges.[MORE]
