Helen Davidson
@GuardianAus NT corro & immigration reporter. VP of @DarwinPressClub.
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Inside Christmas Island: the Australian detention centre with four asylum seekers and a $26m price tag
The sole occupants of a million-dollar facility off the country’s coast are two adults and two small children, who are paying the price for its war on refugees
Reporting on the Australian fires: 'It has been heartbreaking'
Guardian Australia’s reporters and editors reflect on the vast scale of the disaster and the harrowing personal stories of the communities ravaged by fire
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Reporting on the Australian fires: 'It has been heartbreaking'. From @mikewsc1 @callapilla @readfearn and me.
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Christopher Pyne formally warned he is banned from lobbying for defence contractor
Exclusive: Attorney-General’s Department reminds former minister’s firm he is not allowed to lobby for 18 months
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Christopher Pyne formally warned he is banned from lobbying for defence contractor. Exclusive from @knausc
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Leaked photos of Papua New Guinea prison reveal 'torture' of 18 asylum seekers cut off from world
Exclusive: Conditions inside Australia-funded Bomana centre prompted dozens to agree to return to country of origin
Terror, hope, anger, kindness: the complexity of life as we face the new normal
In the faces of the bushfire victims we saw ourselves and our shared future. We can no longer shy away from reality
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“There has been a lot of talk about adapting to the new normal in recent weeks. But this is not the new normal. This is just the beginning.“
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Australia fires live: NSW, Victoria and South Australian bushfires flare amid extreme conditions – latest updates
Exhausted firefighters on Kangaroo Island continue to battle blazes while there are fears bushfires could merge in NSW and Victoria. Follow the latest news and live updates
'We realised we can't stop this': locals flee inferno that smashed NSW village of Wingello
Residents of sleepy southern highlands town recall a roaring wind, like a freight train, then seeing red sky and embers raining down
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“It took a run of about 12km in two hours, which is just ridiculous.“
My report from Sunday with @knausc, after the newly formed Moreton fire in Sth Highlands smashed villages.
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South coast and southern highlands bushfires tear through areas that haven't burned in decades
Kangaroo Valley, Milton and St Georges Basin all faced fire after a ‘catastrophic’ day as 20 new fires sparked between Nowra and Bateman’s Bay
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“It’s turned to shit everywhere.”
My report from Saturday as the fires tore up NSW. At least 60 homes lost over the weekend, likely much more.
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Australia fires: death toll rises and six people missing as PM calls in military
More than 200 fires burning and temperature records smashed as government criticised over inaction
Australia bushfires: PM's climate stance criticised as thousands flee blazes
Scott Morrison’s government under pressure as fires feared to have killed 17 people
Australia fires: nine dead and hundreds of properties destroyed, with worse to come
Residents in Victoria and New South Wales count terrible cost during brief reprieve from disaster that has sent smoke as far as New Zealand
Australia fires live: two dead in Cobargo as NSW and Victoria face bushfires threat – latest updates
Conditions worsen with more than 4,000 on the beach at Mallacoota in Victoria after a devastating day yesterday and the death of a firefighter in New South Wales. Follow live news and latest updates
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Australia fires live: Telecommunications including landlines, mobiles and internet to be lost on south coast tonight in power cut, including in hospitals – latest updates
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Mallacoota fire: images of 'mayhem' and 'armageddon' as bushfires rage
At least 4,000 flee to lake and ocean from town in Victoria that had not been given evacuation warning
Australia fires live: Mallacoota fire in Victoria turns sky black as NSW faces bushfires threat - latest updates
Conditions worsen with more than 4,000 on the beach at Mallacoota in Victoria after a devastating day yesterday and the death of a firefighter in New South Wales. Follow live news and latest updates
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I am reading this post over and over again and just cannot fathom the terror theguardian.com/australia-news… pic.twitter.com/IIbLMv3NfZ
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Victoria bushfires: thousands evacuated from East Gippsland on day of huge fire threat – live
Emergency Victoria has ordered the mass evacuation of a vast area, with catastrophic conditions also forecast for South Australia. Follow live updates
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Helen Davidson
Fires are burning across state borders, with different names and different state-specific warnings and information. Dare I suggest - at some point in the future - a national fires map.....
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Sydney fireworks to go ahead tomorrow but viewing areas at Bradley's Head and North Head will be closed to NYE revellers because of the fire risk - live coverage
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'So grateful': Sydney Children's Choir raises funds, and spirits, for Balmoral bushfire victims
When the home of choir member Gabriel Kam was razed, his fellow singers decided to help out
NSW and SA fires live: five million hectares burned in Australia's bushfires – latest updates
Prime minister Scott Morrison announces that public servants taking leave to fight fires will have additional paid leave. Follow the latest news and updates
'This is how I die': the day the bushfires came to Balmoral
The southern highlands hamlet was savaged by a blaze that one resident said was ‘a thinking fire, like it was alive’
Relief and anger in Balmoral, the bushfire village that ran out of water
The local fire captain says it’s a ‘miracle’ some homes were saved in the ground-zero village he says the NSW and federal governments abandoned
Waiting for a megafire: the battle against Australia's biggest blaze
The Gospers Mountain fire has consumed hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest and is now threatening towns and lives