Katie Burgess

However in some areas, as few as one in four properties have been cleared as long as eight months on from the fires.

Concerns have been raised about Snowy 2.0, after Environment Minister Sussan Ley gave the final green light to the project despite damning audit of Australia's environmental laws.

Local councils have recalled fighting the Black Summer bushfires with empty tanks and dams after years of drought

The different fire warning apps used by neighbouring jurisdictions caused confusion during the height of the Black Summer bushfires, the royal commission has heard.

Wine grape producers whose 2020 harvest was tainted by bushfire smoke can apply for grants of up to $10,000, as part of an $86 million scheme to help aid recovery in some of the worst-hit industries.

Councils in bushfire-hit areas have called for changes to disaster recovery funding, in the wake of the Black Summer bushfires.

Senior ACT officials say extra funding for the Bureau of Meteorology would help them more in future fire seasons than "shiny" new trucks or helicopters.

Hundreds of properties razed by bushfires are still waiting to be cleared, wo weeks out from the June 30 deadline.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has lashed the Morrison government's $2 billion bushfire recovery fund as overly bureaucratic and poorly targeted.

The announcement was made by federal and state Nationals leaders Michael McCormack and John Barilaro in Queanbeyan.