The nation's weather forecaster said temperatures would be up to 14 deg C above average in some areas. Read more at ...

Much of southern Australia is sweltering through a three-day "sticky" heatwave with increasing fire danger risks amid blazes ...

Parts of the country’s southeast are set to be hit by “severe heatwave conditions” heading into the weekend, with some areas tipped to clock temperatures upwards of 40C.

A Vietnamese national allegedly caught fleeing a bushfire with trucks full of cannabis has been wanted in South Australia ...

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The Black Summer fires of 2019-2020 have been recorded as one of Australia's deadliest natural disasters. The toll that such ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has reignited fury after appearing to defend a Labor premier who sparked backlash over a ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced emergency disaster payments for people affected by a major bushfire ...

The threat of bushfires on both sides of the country has finally eased. Warnings for an out-of-control blaze in Western ...

The Disaster Recovery Allowance provides up to 13 weeks of income support for workers and sole traders who have experienced loss of income as a result of recent bushfires in the Rural City of Ararat, ...

Bushfire-hit workers and sole traders can apply for income support as the prime minister visits the area where a massive ...

Stable conditions and cooler weather are giving firefighters welcome relief as initial damage assessments reveal at least three homes have been lost to fire.