I would erge every Aussie that can give something to one of the various appeals, it doesn't matter how small it is but it all helps. I just signed up today with the Red Cross to do some door knocking in my area.
Currently the toll is at 173 victims and is expected to rise.
The towns of Marysville and Kinglake are virtualy gone.
To watch the full news story from th ABC click on the link and then go to start iview now>news>ABC news 9/2/09
http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/news