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Celebrities react as Australia's bushfire crisis continues

https://instagram.com/p/B62Ers5BMbU

Australia has been experiencing a catastrophic bushfire season for months now, with no end in sight. Celebrities from Australia and around the world have taken to social media to provide information about ways people can support firefighting efforts and provide support to people and animals affected by the fires. Others, including Australian feminist Clementine Ford and American actress Bette Midler, criticised the response of Australian prime minister Scott Morrison. As of 8 AM Saturday morning local time, nearly six million hectares (60,000 sq km or 14.8 million acres) of bush, forest and parks have been burned and there were nearly 150 fire incidents being reported in New South Wales, with catastrophic weather conditions expected across many affected areas.

https://instagram.com/p/B61oU6Jj9jP
Sources: Teresa Palmer
Phoebe Tonkin
Hugh Jackman
Clementine Ford
Halsey
Bette Middler
NSW RFS Fires Near Me Website
Resources for Australians:

NSW Rural Fire Service's 'Fires Near Me' webpage (also has an app)
Country Fire Service of Victoria Map
Northern Territory Fire Incident Map
South Australian Country Fire Service
Western Australia - Emergency WA
Tasmanian Fire Service alerts page.
If anyone has any other suggestions, please put them in the comments.

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where to donate

9and14

January 3 2020, 23:09:42 UTC today Edited:  January 3 2020, 23:11:22 UTC

WHERE YOU CAN DONATE
Australian Red Cross
NSW Rural Fire Service
County Fire Association of Victoria
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
South Australia - State Emergency Relief Fund

Animal rescue and rehabilitation:


Port Macquarie Koala Hospital
WIRES Emergency Fund

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schmankerl

January 3 2020, 23:18:20 UTC today

Thank you!

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buries

January 4 2020, 00:03:37 UTC today

There's also:

FAWNA
The Rescue Collective
Australian Wildlife Sanctuary
Koalas in Care
Bargo Dingo Sanctuary

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valire

January 4 2020, 03:11:20 UTC today

Thank you for sharing!

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backwardsjoker

January 4 2020, 00:56:28 UTC today

Thanks!

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dreamformula

January 4 2020, 01:07:39 UTC today

Thank you so much for this!

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valire

January 4 2020, 03:11:40 UTC today

Thank you for posting these!

turtleisland

January 3 2020, 23:11:21 UTC today

This is so horrific.

moustacherider

January 3 2020, 23:15:56 UTC today

It's just so overwhelming to see my country on fire for so long and who knows when the fires will calm down

I'm so angry and upset

komnene

January 3 2020, 23:20:34 UTC today

I've just become completely nihilistic about our whole situation to be honest. The country is on fire, the reef is on an inevitable path to extinction, our climate change policy is non-existent, our politicians are weak-willed stuffed shirts or evil, scheming lunatics (the PM is worst of them all) and what can be done about it? Nothing. It's like shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic. People will keep voting in scum and policies won't change.

I saw an article today that said Australia is committing climate suicide, which feels accurate.

derrobitch

January 3 2020, 23:24:52 UTC today

me too. i feel numb and defeated. not even the opposition leader is willing to take on the coal industry. we're fucked, there's no hope.

swissbeauty23

January 3 2020, 23:32:45 UTC today

me too. a lot of what I feel is rage and irritation and sadness but like, complete and utter lack of surprise at how shitty humans continue to be to each other and the planet.

nihilism is kind of where I always go, honestly. it's horrible but.

4walls

January 3 2020, 23:32:50 UTC today

i feel the same, it really feels hopeless.

lolzerz

January 3 2020, 23:42:19 UTC today

i actually dont see any reason to save humanity. just sucks we're taking so many other innocent creatures with us.

2_on

January 3 2020, 23:45:25 UTC today

Yep

silentxstrom

January 3 2020, 23:59:48 UTC today

American here and I share your fears. If anything, the government is responsible for making it easier for companies to skirt around laws thanks to ignoring EPA regulations. The whole situation is disgusting. When CA was on fire last year, Dump refused to send federal aid because they vote blue.

blowkissnotcoke

January 4 2020, 02:55:19 UTC today

Wtf isnt that illegal?

buries

January 4 2020, 00:05:16 UTC today

i read that article and freaked the fuck out lol. scomo won't go after coal. i really, really want labor to get in earlier than the election just because i think they are the lesser of two evils right now.

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melancolour

January 4 2020, 00:12:48 UTC today

As an activist, all I can tell you is that you can't make it your job to change the world. But you can work on changing you immediate community. It can take a long time, but building social bonds locally to tackle the issue and then using that power to improve what you can impact (your neighbourhood, your town, your state/province) means you are 1. actually working against the problem rather than paralyzed by it and 2. actually setting local president to be scaled up once the time is right.

Keep up hope!! Inaction and a feeling of powerlessness is what they want-- not because you are powerless, but because if you tap into the power you do have, you challenge them.

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rahrahramen

January 4 2020, 01:09:13 UTC today

I know it’s wrong, but I’ve been pretty much consumed with apathy. The country is on fire, our prime minister doesn’t care, people are struggling to make enough money to live, and now we’re probably going to war with Iran. What’s the point?

asnindie

January 4 2020, 01:54:16 UTC today

It was embarrassing reading comments by Aussies stating that the death of coral reefs is a lie and blaming the green party for the fires. The world is full of idiots.

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winter_lace

January 4 2020, 02:56:32 UTC today

Nothing. It's like shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic. People will keep voting in scum and policies won't change.

mte. it's awful.

xspinspinsugar

January 3 2020, 23:21:27 UTC today

celeste barber has raised nearly two million dollars just from public donations it's incredible

alienjiive

January 3 2020, 23:21:42 UTC today

I'm so tired.
Everything.
I'm just
So tired...

scriptedending

January 3 2020, 23:22:22 UTC today

A mentally incomprehensible loss in every respect.

arilicious

January 3 2020, 23:22:45 UTC today

I've always wanted to go to Australia and I'm so sad about this happening. :(

monotonebanana

January 3 2020, 23:23:37 UTC today

The cities are the same this all happens in the bush Australia is big

arilicious

January 3 2020, 23:29:17 UTC today

I'm not just talking about the tourist spots and major cities and beaches. I don't want anything to burn down.

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derrobitch

January 3 2020, 23:47:51 UTC today

you have no idea what you're talking about, the air quality in sydney has been horrendous for months. canberra's air quality is currently the worst in the WORLD.

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rahrahramen

January 4 2020, 01:05:24 UTC today

That’s absolutely not true lol I’m in a city now and it’s smokey af

swissbeauty23

January 3 2020, 23:30:48 UTC today

it's a gorgeous country. I loved it when I visited and I only saw the Perth and Melbourne areas, but there's so much of it i still want to see.

but so much of it has been ravaged :(

derrobitch

January 3 2020, 23:23:01 UTC today

what the fuck is wrong with him



the second clip of the young woman being forced into a handshake and then shushed like she's a toddler having a tantrum when she's respectfully asking for help still makes my blood boil. we are in hell.

boogalooshaman

January 3 2020, 23:31:59 UTC today

Now he’s out here saying like “oh people are just really hurting, but I don’t take it personally *smug scomo smile*” like....I can feel my blood pressure rising

saintclaire87

January 3 2020, 23:39:20 UTC today

Wtf. He truly does not care.

buries

January 4 2020, 00:08:22 UTC today

he's from marketing and he is SO BAD AT MARKETING.

angriest_girl

January 4 2020, 00:24:31 UTC today

Right??? Did his dad own the company he worked for or what? He’s the iSnack 2.0 of politicians.

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rahrahramen

January 4 2020, 01:12:40 UTC today

I truly don’t understand what his game plan here was. Did he genuinely think these people would want to talk to him, or was it all one big photo op? In which case he’d have to be stupid not to realise people were filming him. Either way, he’s scum.

inex_act

January 4 2020, 01:32:18 UTC today

this is a man who spent $100k of taxpayers money for an empathy consultant

whereisglory

January 4 2020, 03:07:40 UTC today

The way he grabs her, what a piece of shit.

helyanwe89

January 4 2020, 03:16:24 UTC today

Why are all the Western countries voting in horrible leaders who don't care about them? I do not get it.

recurrent_dream

January 4 2020, 03:17:49 UTC today

This made me so angry when I first saw it, I was fuming all day. He can't even pretend to be sympathetic to them in front of cameras. The complete disrespect he shows these people, not allowing them to decide for themselves if they want to shake his hand and respect their decision, makes it clear that he thinks they're below him. If I'd been in their position, I wouldn't be able to restrain myself.

mmartymcfly

January 3 2020, 23:24:26 UTC today

Today is gong to be awful. It’s supposed to be 47 where I live. No rain, extreme heat, fires... And Scott Morrison doesn’t give a fuck. I hate him so much. I didn’t think I could ever hate a prime minster more than Tony Abbott, but Morrison managed to make me despite him completely. The way he walked away from that woman just trying to talk to him about giving the RFS more money. God he’s such a shit cunt.

We can’t lose anymore people and animals and homes. I hope everyone is safe :(

buries

January 4 2020, 00:09:30 UTC today

right???

i heard that there's a cyclone in perth? people are hoping it carries moisture that carries over the country. honestly, i've done so many rain dances (not kidding) and it only brought a sprinkle of rain a week or so ago. we desperately need it to pour. 8( i hate that so many animals are dying. it's horrific.

vervain

January 3 2020, 23:25:20 UTC today Edited:  January 3 2020, 23:25:49 UTC

Australia's MPs are really inept that is what I am getting. Pray for the poor souls who will be paying for this for years to come.

boogalooshaman

January 3 2020, 23:25:58 UTC today

I didn’t think it was possible for me to hate anyone as much as Tony Abbott.

Scumo is a piece of shit and I sincerely hope the shame of his useless, damaging and undeserved “leadership” weighs heavily on him for the rest of his oxygen thieving evangelical life.

buries

January 4 2020, 00:13:09 UTC today

i hope this ruins him and forces his party to kick him out. he's losing so much favour with very loud australians.

sorry, i should say scomo and jenny since he can't do anything without mentioning her.

angriest_girl

January 4 2020, 00:27:42 UTC today

Have the other LNP stooges been saying anything though? I know there were a couple of low level backbenchers saying more needs to be done but otherwise it seems to be crickets, and that drunken beetroot’s occasional ranting about messages from God of course.

And let’s be real, when Scummo inevitably gets knifed it will be Dutton getting his moment and he’s sure as hell not going to be a better option. We are fucked.

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sandstorm

January 3 2020, 23:26:24 UTC today

It's terrifying to look at, I can't imagine being there. My heart goes out to ya'll.

urfad

January 3 2020, 23:29:30 UTC today

Very sad and terrifying.

swissbeauty23

January 3 2020, 23:29:44 UTC today

My heart is breaking over this. Stay safe, ONTD Australians <3 :(
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