2025 • Nov 02
Decision to scrap net zero commitment shows Nationals ‘profoundly out of touch’, critics say – as it happened
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2025 • Oct 31
Cost of BoM’s website revamp revealed after deluge of public criticism
Public-facing site cost about $86m as the Bureau of Meteorology apologises for the handling of the redesign launchGet our
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2025 • Oct 23
‘Your new website sucks’: Bureau of Meteorology redesign is lightning rod for heated criticism
It was designed to be clean and clear, but upset users are calling the national weather forecaster’s new site confusing, clunky and ‘really bad’
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2025 • Oct 22
Two dead at Melbourne beach as wild wind batters state, while parts of Sydney hit by record-breaking heat
Sydney’s Observatory Hill peaks at 37C on Wednesday – below the 39C forecast – as the mercury in other parts of the city neared 40C
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2025 • Oct 21
Australia news live: Sydney forecast to have hottest ever October day as Melbourne braces for destructive winds
Predicted high of 39C would be hotter than 38.2C October record from 2004. Follow today’s news live
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2025 • Oct 21
October heat records broken across Australia as Sydney braces for temperatures way above the norm
Birdsville sets new high as BoM forecasts more record hot weather, with heatwave warnings in place in some states
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2025 • Oct 18
October heat records could tumble in multiple states as hot weather sweeps east through central Australia
Unusually high temperatures in the low to mid 40s to hit parts of NSW, Queensland and SA, the Bureau of Meteorology predictsGet our
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2025 • Oct 05
Hot public holiday expected for Sydney and Brisbane after record rain for parts of NSW and Queensland in September
Warm weather follows deluges in more than a dozen places in NSW and Queensland which topped daily records for the monthFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updates...
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2025 • Sep 26
Abnormally hot days may hit Australia’s south-east after rare sudden warming over Antarctica
Phenomenon extremely unusual in southern hemisphere and last occurred in 2019 when it contributed to worsening of black summer bushfires
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2025 • Sep 10
Tornado in central NSW and flood rescues in Sydney as wild weather soaks state
Heavy rainfall forecast to continue in Sydney on Thursday as low pressure weather system heads for parts of Queensland
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2025 • Sep 01
Winter weather analysis: BoM data shows Sydney had one of its wettest winters on record, while Melbourne’s was drier than average
Australia had its second coolest winter this decade, bureau data shows, but temperatures were still above long-term average
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2025 • Aug 29
Victoria warned to prepare for ‘destruction’ with severe weather and snow forecast
Gusts reaching up to 130km/h expected to push further into south-eastern states on Saturday, bringing showers, hail and thunderstorms
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