This image from the Bureau of Meteorology shows how hot Australia was in December. Almost the entire country recorded higher than average maximum temperatures and a vast swathe of land breached December heat records. Live nswfires updates:
that the federal government has failed to produce additional funding requested by the National Aerial Firefighting Centre, which oversees a fleet of 145 aircraft.a "positive response", more than 18 months since it put a business case to the federal government for the additional funds to "shore up some additional capacity and certainty".
"We need to ensure that we have a locked-in budget so we can secure more long- term arrangements around funding and leasing," he said. "What we need is certainty around the funding going forward so we can secure better economies of scale and certainty around what we've got here and how we're sharing it going into the future."Coles and Woolworths supermarkets have shut their doors in the South Coast towns at risk if fire conditions worsen this afternoon.
In Batemans Bay, both Coles and Woolworths are closed, and Woolworths is not trading in Bermagui, Narooma and Moruya, where there are no Coles outlets.Woolworths expects its outlets to reopen tomorrow, a spokesman said. Elsewhere on the South Coast, Woolworths remains open, but outlets in Merimbula, Tura Beach and Bega will close early "to ensure the safety of our team", according to the spokesman.
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