As clean-up and recovery efforts ramp up for flood-affected communities across New South Wales and Queensland, there are concerns that securing volunteers for bushfire recovery projects in the NSW Snowy Valleys could now be even more difficult. Key points: BlazeAid's Adelong camp, which reopened at the start of March, has just 15 volunteers 400 farms still need help to rebuild …
Morgone Vendeputte and her boyfriend's Australian travel dream ended in budget accommodation at the gateway to northern Queensland. Key points: A change to immigration rules allows backpackers who do volunteer work to stay in Australia longer Some travellers have been working with BlazeAid, which repairs farm fences in bushfire-damaged areas The organisation says it would have suspended operations without the …
A former State Emergency Service boss and an investment banker have formed an unlikely partnership to help repair Kangaroo Valley following extensive bushfire damage. Key points: An SES boss and former investment banker are leading the BlazeAid clean-up at Kangaroo Valley The charity has about 50 properties in the area seeking assistance to rebuild fences The new camp outside Kangaroo …
Grey nomads cannot do all the heavy lifting when it comes to rebuilding fences in bushfire-affected country; it is young backpackers who are needed to bolster the workforce. Key points: BlazeAid is calling for the Federal Government to offer backpackers incentive payments if they join the volunteers rebuilding infrastructure Grey nomads make up the bulk of BlazeAid's workforce rebuilding fences …