It’s the latest clash over a river basin in New South Wales, Australia, in an arid land where social, economic and environmental interests collide over water issues.

For the third time since Australia's fire season began, a state of emergency has been declared in the state of New South Wales due to fires that are burning out of control.

Australia’s massive fires, as seen from space. Maps and images show where the fires are, ... You can see where fires have burned as of Sunday in this map of New South Wales and Victoria; ...

Clarification 10th May 2021: Australia's biggest fire occurred Dec 1974-Jan 1975 in western New South Wales and across the states and Northern Territory, when 15% of the country was burned.