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Over the past year Lithgow City Council and the Australian Government have collaborated to deliver has completed a number of public infrastructure

Date Time Revitalisation and restoration at Cobargo Cemetery A project to restore and revitalise key infrastructure following the Black Summer bushfires has been completed at the Cobargo Cemetery. The work included the construction of a new pavilion building, an upgrade to the internal gravel road, the replacement of a storage container lost in the fires, the repair of a bench seat and fencing damaged in the fires, the installation of a new water tank, and construction of a new rock garden. The Rotary Club of Merimbula also presented the Friends of Cobargo Cemetery with a new ride-on lawn mow...

Interactive map: which areas of Australia were hit by multiple disasters in 2020? Josh Nicholas and Nick Evershed © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images It’s fair to say 2020 has been a bad year for many, with few areas of Australia remaining untouched by some kind of disaster. The tropical storm season also ended later than normal and, when the drought broke in some areas, flooding followed from heavy rain. On top of this, we’ve had a global coronavirus pandemic that has killed 908 Australians, infected many more, and plunged the country int...