Millions of Aussies are set to shiver through another arctic week as a cold mass positions itself over much of the country. Colder and drier air is expected to spread across much of Australia this week, with both maximum and minimum temperatures forecast to fall “well below average”. The BureauContinue Reading
Australia has sweltered through it’s third-hottest summer ever recorded, cracking a grim climate record above the country’s 30 year average. Statistics released by the Bureau of Meteorology this week reveals the country experienced its third hottest December-February period on record, 1.62C above the 1961-1990 30-year average. It marks the thirdContinue Reading
Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison is enjoying a working holiday in Hawaii four years after sparking a political storm by escaping Australia’s bushfires on a business class flight. News.com.au has confirmed Mr Morrison is in Hawaii with his wife, Jenny, for the first time since the couple was forced toContinue Reading
People in NSW will be able to support the state’s volunteer firefighters by recycling bottles, cans, and cartons through a new partnership. From Monday until April 2024, people can choose to donate 10c per item deposited through the ‘Return and Earn’ to contribute to the RFS Benevolent Fund, which wasContinue Reading
Police are investigating after a fire truck was stolen from firefighters preparing for the upcoming summer season. Officers were called to the Nethercote rural fire station, about 10km northeast of Eden, at 7:30pm on Monday following reports a fire truck had been stolen. Firefighters told police that a chainsaw, whiteContinue Reading
Australia is facing a summer of heatwaves and increased fire risk as one state recorded its “warmest Spring on record”. Across the three transitional months, Western Australia sweltered through temperatures that were 2.28C higher than average, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. This eclipsed the previous record of 2.08C aboveContinue Reading
Aussies may soon have better phone coverage during natural disasters as the federal government explores implementing a national emergency mobile roaming capability. The government will scope a new emergency data roaming scheme amid growing safety concerns of a horrific bushfire season over the coming summer. The move comes following aContinue Reading
Tasmania is set to receive a “month’s worth of rain” over the weekend as other parts of the country brace for “very dangerous” fire conditions. Millions of Aussies will swelter through a week of stifling temperatures as hot conditions in the country’s north linger into next week, while parts ofContinue Reading
Australians are being urged to prepare for seven months of severe weather after the Bureau of Meteorology released a grim long-term forecast. While severe weather can occur at any time of the year, the national weather agency has warned extreme conditions are most likely to occur between October and April.Continue Reading
It may only be spring, but some Australian residents already feel like we’re in the middle of January with the amount of bushfire activity across the nation since the end of winter. At least three homes were lost to bushfires on the New South Wales Far South Coast in theContinue Reading