BOM forecasts welcome rain to drench the east coast this week ..."It's definitely looking like all fire zones will at least get some rainfall in the coming weeks." ...

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'Australia's largest unsanctioned art show': guerrilla bushfire campaign hijacks bus shelters. Dozens of political posters replace outdoor advertising in a protest against the government’s handling of Australia’s bushfire crisis. It’s amazing what you can get away with in a hi-vis vest. On Thursday 30 January, pedestrians in some suburbs of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane would have walked straight past activist artists (vandals, some critics might call them) removing advertising from bus shelters and inserting artwork protesting the Morrison government and its handling of Australia’s bushfire crisis. (Read on & view the posters - first poster shows a chocolate koala melting)