2026 • Jan 27
Heat records tumble in Victoria as authorities warn against complacency amid significant blazes
BoM to check if Walpeup and Hopetoun broke state’s official heat record - set during 2009’s Black Saturday
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2026 • Jan 27
Police release new photos of vehicle as search for alleged Lake Cargelligo shooter continues – as it happened
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2026 • Jan 26
Severe heatwave envelops South Australia as Victoria braces for record-breaking weather and fire threats
Residents near Otways fire in Victoria urged to prepare to evacuate, while Ouyen and Mildura forecast to record 49C on TuesdayGet our
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2026 • Jan 19
‘We could see the glow and smell the smoke’: residents warned as fires burn south of Adelaide
Watch and act alert issued for Tooperang, Nangkita, Mount Jagged and Mosquito Hill as firefighters continue to battle blazeGet our
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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 12
Jacinda Ardern pulls out of Adelaide writers’ week as fallout over Randa Abdel-Fattah’s axing continues
Ructions within festival board over Palestinian-Australian academic’s inclusion began in October, email revealsGet our
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2026 • Jan 11
Adelaide festival did not dump Jewish columnist from 2024 program despite request from Randa Abdel-Fattah and others
Palestinian academic rejects accusations of hypocrisy, saying board resisted attempts to remove Thomas Friedman, while cancelling her invitation this year
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2026 • Jan 11
Three board members resign from Adelaide festival as Randa Abdel-Fattah sends legal notice
Resignations follow withdrawal of more than 70 participants in writers’ week after Palestinian Australian author disinvitedGet our
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2026 • Jan 10
SA premier denies pressuring Adelaide festival to drop Randa Abdel-Fattah
Letter from 11 South Australian cultural leaders labels cancellation of Palestinian-Australian’s participation a ‘grave mistake’ which brought festival into disrepute
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2026 • Jan 09
Almost 50 writers boycott Adelaide festival after it dumps pro-Palestine academic Randa Abdel-Fattah
Helen Garner and Miles Franklin winner Michelle de Kretser among 47 people who have pulled out of annual writers’ festival to protest Abdel-Fattah’s axing
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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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2025 • Dec 10
A vision splendid or eyesore? South Australian court to rule on ‘Blue Blob’ sculpture vandalism charge
If Amelia Vanderhorst is found guilty and penalised for allegedly sticking googly eyes on Mount Gambier landmark, it might be the first time such an act has been punishedOn Mount Gambier’s B...
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