Electricity supply is often affected by disasters and in the immediate aftermath the conditions can be very dangerous. Here's some advice on how to stay safe if you lose power during a fire emergency.

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A Bushfire Emergency Warning is in place for people in an area bounded by Ongerup Creek , Gnowangerup Jerramungup Road and Old Ongerup Road in parts of MINDARABIN, in the SHIRE OF GNOWANGERUP.

Emergency services are searching for a missing boat carrying two people off Cape Jaffa in South Australia's South East.

After a five-year wait, conservationists say draft regulations on second-generation rat baits do not go far enough.

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