Headlines: PM’s summer bushfire warning

November 9, 2026

Today's headlines include:

  • Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced new support for bushfire risk management ahead of what he warned could be a “tough summer”.
  • Embattled retailer David Jones says it’s seen “record levels” of in-store and online sales in the days since the department store’s collapse.
  • Poland has entered its second day of mourning after a deadly far-right terror attack in the city of Krakow.
  • And today’s good news: Archaeologists in Pompeii have opened a wardrobe that sat sealed for nearly 2,000 years, revealing a rare snapshot of life in the Roman city before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.

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Headlines: PM’s summer bushfire warning