Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has paid tribute to the man who lost his life to a raging bushfire in Kempsey, urging Australians to heed the tragedy as a prelude to an “incredibly difficult” summer ahead.
An out-of-control fire is tearing through parts of the New South Wales Mid North Coast, with residents told to seek shelter immediately as it is now too late to leave.
A much-loved grandfather is being remembered as a "good bloke" who died following a "tragic accident" when a hazard-reduction burn in the New South Wales Central West went wrong.