Australia's bush fire preparedness under threat as climate change kicks in
Australia risks being under-prepared for longer, drier and more severe bushfire seasons, a report from the Climate Council says. The national report found that record-breaking temperatures and hot...
View ArticlePolitics Live - readers' edition - Friday 20 November
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View ArticlePublic warning with upcoming heatwave (NSW Police Force)
(Source: NSW Police Force) Latest Media Releases Public warning with upcoming heatwave Thursday, 19 November 2015 04:01:44 PM Police are warning people to take care, and have reactivated their bushfire...
View ArticleAdele: 25 review – tell us what you think of the album
Adele’s latest album 25 is released worldwide on Friday, almost half a decade since 21 – the UK’s bestselling album of the millennium. Tell us what you think about the album...
View ArticleWA bushfires: fears four people may have died near Esperance
Reports of deaths from two fires burning out of control near the West Australian town, but emergency services have been unable to reach the site...
View ArticleBrisbane weather: Queensland in for scorching spring heatwave
Queensland is in for a sustained spring scorcher. Two weeks before the official start of summer, a heatwave is set to sweep across the state from Wednesday, with temperatures tipped to gradually climb...
View ArticleParis 2015: Soaring temperatures in hot October to prompt a record overhaul
As French authorities scramble to deal with the fallout of the terrorist attacks in Paris, thousands of organisers and participants for this month's global climate summit in the same city are also...
View ArticleCool change brings gale-force winds across eastern Australia after 40C day
After sweltering through most of Friday, New South Wales braces for a cool change set to drop temperatures by 15C – and the damaging winds coming with it...
View ArticleMelbourne weather: Cool change revives sweltering city
A cool blast hit Melbourne in the late morning on Thursday, and sent the temperature in what had been, until then, a hot and sticky city, plunging by almost 10 degrees within half an hour. Things...
View ArticleSydney weather: City headed for top 10 November scorcher
Sydney is entering a three-day heatwave that has the potential to include one of the city's 10 hottest November days in 156 years of records. The Bureau of Meteorology lifted its forecast for...
View ArticleSydney weather: Record heat a chance as 'classic' set-up sears Australia's east
City to wilt in 41-degree heat The global warming bet you can't lose Sydney is in for scorching weather on Friday as a slow-moving high-pressure system steers a huge hot air mass formed over...
View ArticleFour killed by wildfires in Western Australia as heatwave heads east
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Four people have died in one of a series of wildfires sparked by lightening in Western Australia, police said on Wednesday, a deadly start to the country's summer bushfire season....
View ArticleSydney weather: City to wilt in 41-degree heat as hot westerlies keep sea...
Sydney will most likely endure scorching temperatures into the 40s on Friday as powerful westerlies blowing from Australia's red hot centre block cooling sea breezes. The Bureau of Meteorology has...
View ArticleHot Friday on the way for Sydney and large parts of NSW (BoM - Bureau ...
(Source: BoM - Bureau of Meteorology) 19/11/2015 The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting very high temperatures for large parts of New South Wales Friday (20 November), with Sydney expected to reach...
View ArticleHot Friday on the way for Sydney and parts of NSW (BoM - Bureau of ...
(Source: BoM - Bureau of Meteorology) 19/11/2015 The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting very high temperatures for parts of New South Wales tomorrow (Friday 20 November) with Sydney expected to reach...
View ArticleHeatwave to push temperatures above 40C in parts of Australia
Authorities issue bushfire danger warnings for several states, with hot weather expected to continue into the weekend...
View ArticleAustralia heatwave: Sydney temperature expected to hit 41 degrees – live
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View ArticleAussie tennis stars headline new-look ATL (Tennis Australia)
(Source: Tennis Australia) Melbourne VIC, Australia, 19 November 2015 | Tennis Australia00 The Asia-Pacific Tennis League (ATL) returns to local courts tomorrow, launching three adrenalin-charged weeks...
View ArticleWestern Sydney Airport will not affect firefighting or back-burning...
(Source: Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development - Australian Government) Media Release WT380/2015 19 November 2015 A Western Sydney Airport will not hamper aerial firefighting or...
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