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Birdsville sets new high as BoM forecasts more record hot weather, with heatwave warnings in place in some statesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOctober heat records have …
‘The trajectory is only up, in terms of insured costs’ CEO of insurance peak body warnsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe costs of extreme weather events such as floods, bushfires and storms have nearly tripled in Australia …
Of 200 fires in the past 44 years, half of the fires that cost US$1bn or more were in the last decadeWildfires tore through central Chile last year, killing 133 people. In California, 18,000 buildings were destroyed in 2018 causing US$16bn (A$24bn, £12…
Heavy rains have driven growth that could fuel devastating fires. The wet conditions have also hampered efforts to conduct hazard reduction burnsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news p…
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 young peopleKangaroo Valley was hit by raging fires and floods three ti…
Record ocean heat likely to increase storm severity while increased cloud cover expected to keep night-time temperatures above average over almost entire countryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free ap…
Fire in black sheoak forest of East Gippsland would destroy the birds’ food supply, conservationist says Glossy black cockatoos could be pushed towards extinction in Victoria if planned burns of 13,000 hectares of forest go ahead, ecologists and conser…
Army whistleblower David McBride will learn of his fate next March after he pleaded guilty to three charges on Friday. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHostage release essential if truce…
La Niña, invasive grass and land management practices are all factors in the larger-than-average bushfires that have burned an area bigger than Spain. This interactive map shows the total area burned, overlaid on different capital citiesHuge bushfires …
This blog is now closedGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast‘A ceasefire is where we need to get to,’ Zoe Daniel saysAsked by RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas if she supports calls for a ceasefire, Zoe Daniel says…