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Rain and cooler temperatures brought welcome relief to fire-ravaged communities today as the country’s embattled leader pledged £1 billion to help the disaster effort.

Two more people were reported missing in remote parts of New South Wales (NSW) as more than 135 bushfires continued to burn across the country’s most populous state, 70 of which were uncontained.

Australia’s capital, Canberra, had the worst air quality of any major city in the world this morning owing to smoke from nearby fires.

The department of home affairs, which is responsible for co-ordinating the response to disasters, told all non-critical staff to stay at home because of the abysmal air quality.

The Australian army sent aid, personnel and vehicles to Kangaroo Island off the coast of Adelaide, where two people were killed last week.

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