2026 • Jan 10
New bushfire warnings issued in Victoria and NSW as Townsville braces for cyclone – as it happened
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2026 • Jan 09
Victorian premier warns next few hours ‘most dangerous and difficult’ as three people remain missing in bushfires
A man, woman and child remain unaccounted for, authorities say, as the Longwood bushfire continues to burn out of control
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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 01
Perth teenager charged after allegedly throwing firecracker that sparked New Year’s Eve bushfire
Blaze on city’s eastern fringe contained but not controlled on Thursday with firefighters warning of risk to lives and homesGet 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 15
Weather tracker: Bushfires ravage Western Australia as temperatures soar
Extreme heat follows blazes in New South Wales, while strong winds plunge Brazil’s largest city into darknessExtreme heat and bushfires have ravaged the parched landscape of Western Australi...
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2025 • Dec 07
Albanese warns of ‘difficult’ bushfire season ahead as cooler conditions bring relief to disaster-ravaged NSW
Most active fires contained on Sunday as disaster payments announced after at least 12 homes in Koolewong and four at Bulahdelah were destroyed
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2025 • Nov 26
NSW storms leave man dead and thousands without power as temperatures soar into 30s
Total fire bans are in place and schools closed as parts of state face worst fire danger in two years
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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
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 • Sep 10
Natural disasters forecast to cost Australia’s young people $100bn by 2060
Exclusive: Unicef-commissioned report shows being unable to finish high school – and the associated wage loss – is the most significant impact of increasingly frequent disasters on...
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