Year in Review: Black Summer Bushfires31/12/2020|6min
This time last year, Australia was battling a challenge like no other. High temperatures and prolonged drought enabled an unprecedented number of bushfires to burn more than 18 million hectares across the country.
Communities are still recovering from the Black Summer.
Today marks one year since the usually idyllic New South Wales South Coast suffered the devastating bushfire disaster.
The New Year s Eve catastrophe claimed lives and livelihoods, but as Sky News Reporter Eliza Edwards details, the resilient communities there are starting to rebuild.
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Shoalhaven region on NSW South Coast unaffected by ACT s latest COVID-19 travel restrictions
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Canberrans who rushed back to the national capital on Sunday from the New South Wales South Coast to avoid travel restrictions have expressed anger that the changes ultimately did not affect them.
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ACT authorities say people in the Shoalhaven area of the NSW South Coast do not need to quarantine if they enter Canberra