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Temperatures are rising to dangerous levels this weekend, but a cool change is on the way.

WA renters forced to choose between cooling down or keeping bills low as mercury soars

A new report has revealed WA renters are sweltering through summer, unable to keep their homes cool. Low-energy efficient housing and the cost-of-living are being blamed.

  • Holly Thompson

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Lake Eyre/Kati Thanda flooding as seen from the air in October.

Fires and floods, fires and floods: Australia’s summer of extremes

Australia’s summer has been marked by repeated cycles of bushfires followed by floods, as Lake Eyre is set to be flooded for the second time in two years.

  • Bianca Hall
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The ICE age hits the northern beaches

While a critic makes a great leap.

The outskirts of the Otways bushfire.

Victoria heatwave as it happened: State swelters through record-breaking heatwave as Otways fire grows

The last time Victoria experienced such a prolonged heatwave was 2009, when Black Saturday saw the Mallee record 12 days above 40 degrees. Follow our rolling coverage.

  • Isabel McMillan and Cassandra Morgan
wo hot air balloons travel through the smoky haze blanketing the city skyline ahead of a forecast temperature of 45 degrees in Melbourne today. 

Victoria heatwave as it happened: State swelters under worst conditions since Black Saturday; fire threatens Great Ocean Road

Stay up to date with Victoria’s heatwave and bushfire threats on Tuesday, January 27.

  • Cassandra Morgan and Isabel McMillan
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Grey-headed flying foxes at Melbourne’s Yarra Bend Park.

No end in sight to scorching heat as Victorians fight to stay cool

Amid Victoria’s all-time highest temperature, wildlife services worked to protect the state’s animals before more sweltering days.

  • Grant McArthur, Cassandra Morgan, Rachael Ward, Angus Delaney and Nick Toscano
Linton Hahnel tends to his sheeps’ water on the family farm near Ouyen, Victoria.

Melbourne forecast to crack 45 degrees in worst heatwave since Black Saturday

Melbourne is forecast to swelter through a maximum 45 degrees on Tuesday, but a cool change at night will send temperatures plummeting.

  • Cassandra Morgan and Alexander Darling
Smoke from the Carlisle River bushfire.

Great Ocean Road towns under threat; Victoria braces for record heat

Residents have been told to get out of the Otways danger zone, before a day of extreme heat that has triggered a statewide total fire ban.

  • Alexander Darling and Cassandra Morgan
Bushfire smoke over Melbourne on Sunday morning.

Bushfire smoke triggers health alert, heat records could tumble as Mallee braces for 49-degree blast

After a choking smoke haze from the Otways blanketed Melbourne and Geelong, temperatures in parts of the state could nudge close to 50 degrees on Tuesday.

  • Lachlan Abbott and Alexander Darling