Images from Australia's summer of bushfires shocked the world fuelling an outpouring of emotional comments on social media and from Australian politicians but for those experienced in disaster recovery and bushfire management the fires were no surprise.

"So many have inquired about helping - this is their opportunity"

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Daniel Toogood knows how it feels to be homeless.

I was given an opportunity to embed myself in a specialist team and theirs is an incredible story worth telling.

The iron magnate landed in the alternative community last Friday by helicopter, before holding a meeting with the alternative community.

The Lower Hunter's population is forecast to boom in the next two decades with Cessnock and Maitland tipped to be among the fastest growing areas in the state.

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