Australia boosts emergency grants, loans for small businesses hit by bushfires

Australia boosted emergency funding for small scale businesses hit by bushfires on January 20 that has gripped through country for months. increasing costs of disaster doubt government's ability to deliver a promised budget surplus. Bushfires have reportedly killed 29 people and more than a billion animals, ranging from insects to cattle, kangaroo, and koalas. According to media outlet, original figure was around half a billion only from NSW region which did t include bats, frogs or invertebrates.

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Intense smoke engulfed Australia

Most of Australia was choked because of smoke from bushfires. intense smoke also choked sourn city of Melbourne and as a result disrupted build-up to next week's Australian Open tennis tournament. However, thunderstorms that accompanied rains late night on Wednesday cleared away smoke and n moved on towards fires in sourn state of Victoria. Australia expects to lose billions of dollars in tourism sector as international tourists cancelled ir trips due to raging bushfires that have gripped country since September, according to reports on January 17.

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Government to pledge $52 million

number of tourists planning to visit Australia has fallen sharply 10-20 per cent since fire began and it is estimated to lose AUS $4.5 billion ($3 billion) this year, as per Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC).  Australian Government has recently decided to pledge $52 million to help revive tourism industry in aftermath of devastating bushfires. A lot of bushfires were only recently brought under control after fires scorched an area which is roughly size of Germany. Heavy rains in Australia that started this week has greatly helped to dampen effects of fire. 

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