Environmental devastation of bushfires could span decades - Expert

An injured brushtail possum retrieved from bushfires in Penrith, near Sydney

An injured brushtail possum retrieved from bushfires in Penrith, near Sydney Source: AAP

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Experts first estimated that half a billion animals had been killed in the bushfires this season, but now believe more than double that figure has perished.

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