Australia's southeast on Saturday sweltered in a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and led authorities to issue fire bans for large parts of Victoria state.

Authorities have declared a total fire ban for parts of western Victoria near where an out-of-control bushfire continues to ...

A high fire-danger rating covers most of the state, except for the Wimmera, where the risk is extreme and the weeks-long ...

The heat will peak on Sunday before a cool change extends from the west and eases heatwave conditions on Monday. Locations likely to be impacted include the Melbourne Metropolitan area, Ballarat, Moe, ...

Several states are being warned ahead of “severe” heatwave conditions expected to send temperatures skyrocketing this weekend ...

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

Some properties are under threat in Perth's east as emergency crews battle a fast-moving bushfire. Added18 minutes ago Seventeen ... assault after an altercation at a sports club on the NSW-Victoria ...

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

Charges have been laid against two men in the Grampians who police allege were caught trying to move a large haul of cannabis ...

The trucks were spotted in fire evacuated areas and police quickly realised they were carrying something illegal.

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