It doesn't take much imagination to recognise how vital ABC services have been in the last few weeks as bushfires have raged through our northern rainforests and rural and regional communities from Humpty Doo and Dundee, on the outskirts of Darwin, through to Queensland and northern New South Wales.
Read MoreNext week, students from across the Hawkesbury and Blue Mountains are set to call out to all of us here from the hub in Springwood.
Read MoreWell, how about we think about being sensible, being compassionate and actually treating people like people?
Read MoreOn New Year's Day this year, after a night out with friends in Katoomba, 21-year-old Lachlan Foote headed home to Blackheath, gave his mum a great big hug and wished her a Happy New Year. He then mixed a teaspoon of caffeine powder into a protein shake. Without proper instructions, he didn't know that one teaspoon can be the equivalent of 25 to 50 cups of coffee. He didn't know that it would kill him.
Read MoreThe word 'unprecedented' keeps being used in the context of bushfires burning in northern New South Wales and Queensland.
Read MoreThe wind storms at the weekend have heightened fears for people who live in and around Bilpin.
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