The Crisafulli Government has approved a 150-site ecotourism-style tourist park at Coochin Creek on the Sunshine Coast, pitching it as a job-creating

Whole towns in Victoria’s north-east are reeling after out‑of‑control bushfires, fanned by a brutal heatwave and “catastrophic” fire danger, destroyed homes, a school and community facilities in the tiny township of Ruffy and surrounding districts.