2026 • Jan 18
Protesters pledge to ‘break the ban’ on 26 January after standoff at Sydney rally – as it happened
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2026 • Jan 16
Sydney awaits ‘soggiest weekend of summer’ as Victorian authorities defend flash flood warnings
Floods predicted for NSW south coast after severe storms dumped 180mm in six hours on Victoria’s Lorne and Wye River, washing cars into the sea on the Great Ocean Road
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2026 • Jan 15
‘We’ve lost everything, you can see caravans floating away’: flash flooding hits Victoria’s Great Ocean Road
Woman camping at flooded Wye River with her daughters says ‘it’s just heartbreaking, strangers are hugging strangers’Get our
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2026 • Jan 11
One person dead as PM visits bushfire-ravaged towns with 300 structures destroyed and 350,000 hectares burned
Almost a dozen emergency warnings remain in place across Victoria, with state premier saying ‘we are not through the worst of this by a long way’
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2026 • Jan 09
‘Toughest conditions imaginable’: Victorians urged to shelter inside from heatwave as tropical cyclone heads for Queensland
Heatwave warnings in place for nearly all states and territories as Sydney braces for 43C forecast on Saturday
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2026 • Jan 08
‘The most dangerous day’: bushfires break out in Victoria as BoM warns of catastrophic conditions to come
Temperatures recorded included 48.2C at Wudinna airport on SA’s Eyre Peninsula, 45.9C at Walpeup in Victoria, 45.6C at Paraburdoo, WA, and 45.9C at Hay in NSW.
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2026 • Jan 07
Melbourne swelters through hottest day in six years as severe heatwave descends on Australia’s south-eastern states
Hot conditions for NSW, Victoria, South Australia, the ACT, Tasmania and WA as authorities warn of high fire danger
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2026 • Jan 02
Weather tracker: Cyclone Hayley brings intense wind and rain to Australia
Elsewhere, area of low pressure off Iberian peninsula brings heavy rainfall to southern Portugal and SpainAfter a recent heatwave affected large parts of Australia before Christmas, Cyclone ...
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2025 • Dec 28
Queensland braces for days of heavy rain as BoM issues flood warnings for parts of state
Livestock at risk as some areas expected to receive up to 500mm in the coming week, according to the Bureau of MeteorologyGet our
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2025 • Dec 27
WA bushfire downgraded while Queensland and NT brace for monsoonal rain and flooding
Conditions ease south-west of Perth as residents evacuated from Boddington fire on Christmas Day allowed to return Get our
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2025 • Dec 25
Sydney to Hobart yacht race forecast to be cold, wet and bumpy as Australia’s west faces cyclone and bushfire threat
Tropical Cyclone Grant to pass close to Cocos Islands while a flood watch is in place for much of northern AustraliaGet our
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2025 • Dec 21
Umbrellas or barbecues: Christmas weather forecast gifts mixed bag for Australians
Perth and Brisbane to swelter through hottest conditions of Australia’s capital cities on Thursday
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