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Australian Bushfires

Information regarding the Australian bushfires can be found on the links below.

For people travelling to Australia, please refer to the travel advice provided by your country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.dirco.gov.za/consular/travel_advice.htm

You may also refer to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) website, which has links to relevant state fire and emergency authorities. We advise travellers to follow the instructions of these authorities https://www.abc.net.au/news/

For donations, we suggest the following:

- Australian Red Cross www.redcross.org.au

- The Salvation Army www.salvationarmy.org.au

- NSW Rural Fire Service www.rfs.nsw.gov.au

- Country Fire Association of Victoria www.cfa.vic.gov.au

- South Australia Country Fire Service www.cfsfoundation.org.au

- WIRE (injured animals) www.wires.org.au

- St Vincent de Paul Bushfire Appeal www.vinnies.org.au

For media queries and updates on the fire status please refer to the Prime Minister of Australia’s website (www.pm.gov.au).

To Australia’s many friends and supporters throughout the world who are asking, ‘How can we help?’ we say: keep buying Australian, keep visiting Australia, keep investing in Australia.

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