Survivors of a devastating 2009 bushfire in Australia won final court approval Tuesday for a nearly Aus$500 million (US$407 million) payout -- the biggest class action settlement in the nation's ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - After weeks of criticism over the handling of the bushfires scorching Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday he will propose a national review into the response ...

Travellers have been reassured that the recent bushfires in the Australian state of Victoria have not affected the region’s main tourism areas. Travellers have been reassured that the recent bushfires ...

Another Australian firefighter has died battling cataclysmic wildfires ravaging Australia. The death comes the same week as a group of U.S. firefighters arrived to assist local crews. The latest ...

Everyone who lived through Black Saturday remembers the heat and the wind that day in February 2009. The temperature soared to 115 degrees Fahrenheit — so hot it sucked the breath out of you, made ...