is nz getting smoke from australia?
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Smoke from huge bushfires in Australia is drifting as far as New Zealand, 2,000km (1,200 miles) away, leading to haze and a burnt smell in the air. ... The smoke first reached New Zealand's South Island on 31 December, turning skies a murky yellow.
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Australian authorities have warned that massive bushfires raging in two states will continue to pose a threat, despite "catastrophic" conditions easing. About 150 fires are still burning in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland, feeding off tinder-dry conditions. ... At one point, fires broke out in suburbs of Sydney.
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As long as visitors avoid the wildfire areas — and stay aware of air quality if they have health conditions that make them especially sensitive to smoke — they should be safe. Many of the destination's most frequently visited cities are free of fires, including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.
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Authorities attributed almost two-thirds of the blazes burning on the state's east coast and in the south since late December to arson. "Approximately 21,000 of the 35,000 hectares burnt is a result of deliberately lit fires," a Tasmanian Fire Service spokesperson said.
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"We have no active fire in this area," Mr Mitchell told ABC Radio Gippsland today. "There are still a couple of hotspots that we will try and extinguish over the coming weeks but no active fire, which is great news." He said the recent rainfall had helped.
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So is the Australian government. This year's budget predicts revenue from the tobacco tax at a staggering A$17.4 billion. That's a lot of money compared to the expected surplus of A$7.1 billion.
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Re: Great Ocean Road- any fires? Yes it is. No fires there. Or on Phillip Island, in the Yarra Valley or on the Mornington Peninsula or in Melbourne city.
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Fires burning at Fingal, on Tasmania's east coast, and at Pelham, north-west of Hobart, are sending smoke across the state. ... This afternoon there were three watch and act alerts current for Tasmania, all relating to the Fingal blaze. However, the Tasmania Fire Service said there was no threat to communities.
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This is because JUUL devices use a pre-filled non refillable pod full of nicotine fluid. Unfortunately in Australia no nicotine products other than Tobacco and Nicorette products can't be sold to the public. That means under current federal laws it is illegal to sell JUUL devices in Australia.
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The devastating start to the fire season confirmed what scientists have been predicting: that Australia's bush fires will become more frequent and more intense as climate change worsens. Few if any other developed countries are as vulnerable to changing climate as Australia, according to scientific reports.
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Australia has always experienced bushfires - it has a "fire season". But this year they are a lot worse than normal. Fires are usually caused by lightning strikes or accidentally by a spark - but some fires are also started deliberately.
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Bushfires reach Melbourne as heatwave fans Australia blazes. ... Authorities in the country's second-biggest city downgraded an earlier bushfire emergency warning but said residents should steer clear of the blaze, which has burned through 40 hectares (nearly 100 acres) of grassland.
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According to Niwa's fire weather map, most of New Zealand is experiencing a low to moderate risk of fire as temperatures remain low in most parts of the country. But in the Hawke's Bay region the risk has increased to “very high”.
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The New Zealand Government is sending a further 22 firefighters to help fight the Australian fires. ... They'll leave for Australia on 8 January. Since late October 2019, 157 New Zealanders have been deployed to assist with the Australia bush fires.
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Unseasonably high temperatures and drought over the last three months have contributed to the conditions that have allowed the fires to proliferate. ... And in Australia we've just experienced record high temperatures," Mark Howden, director of the Climate Change Institute at Australian National University, told Reuters.
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Travellers arriving in Australia You do not need a permit to bring in tobacco products into Australia as a traveller. You are allowed to bring in duty-free: one unopen packet of up to 25 cigarettes or 25 grams of other tobacco products; and. one open packet of cigarettes.