Towns in New South Wales and Queensland are sweltering today amid a record-breaking heatwave, as firefighters continue to ...

Monday, January 26 (Australia Day), about 11am: Police located a vehicle on Boat Harbour Drive, Hervey Bay, and arrested ...

A man accused of raping and trying to drown a runner at a Qld lagoon was later tracked down during a trip to the beach with his pregnant girlfriend, police will allege.

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Institutions such as CBA and NAB are driving the data centre surge, shifting IT systems into services run by US giants. The ...

Across south-east Australia, the kind of heat that once defined outlier summers is now settling in like an unwelcome season ...

Victoria has officially set a new benchmark for energy consumption, surpassing a record that has stood for nearly two decades. As a brutal heatwave sweeps across the state, air conditioners are ...

A criterium in Geelong replaces the cancelled Surf Coast Classic, offering elite riders fast racing ahead of the Cadel Evans ...

Towns in Victoria have been evacuated and thousands remain without power as out-of-control bushfires and a blistering ...

Parts of Australia have sweltered in record temperatures close to 50 degrees Celsius or 122 Fahrenheit during a prolonged ...

It has been a month of umbrellas rather than sunscreen across much of New Zealand, with persistent rain, low sunshine and deadly storms dominating headlines and daily life. For many people, it has ...

With 50°C forecast for parts of Australia, we explain what is causing this extreme, persistent heatwave and how it could be ...