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Millions are in the firing line for a wild week of rain and thunderstorms as a cold front settles over the east and west coast

City’s coldest November day in 80 years

If you thought it was unusually chilly in one Australian city on Saturday, you’d be right. In fact, it was the coldest November day since 1945.

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Libs make last-ditch net-zero effort

Two Liberal moderates have publicly supported an energy policy that includes net zero as the embattled party’s final decision on the target looms.

Barnaby Joyce has launched a tirade against Labor's renewable energy policies. Picture: Sunrise

‘Total swindle’: Barnaby blows up

The New England MP has lashed rising power prices under Labor’s energy policies, saying “it’s like a dog returning to his vomit”.

Plastic bread tags, pizza savers, and other hard-to-recycle items are set to disappear in one state as authorities crack down on pollution. Photo: NSW Government

Everyday items now banned for millions

These common items are set to disappear from one Aussie state as authorities crack down on “unnecessary” plastics.

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Hurricane Melissa looms as Jamaica's 'worst storm on record'

Hurricane Melissa looms as Jamaica’s ‘worst storm on record’

Hurricane Melissa underwent extreme rapid intensification recently and continues to strengthen. The rare Category 5 has winds of 280 km/h, with…

‘Sh*tshow’: BOM boss’ staggering admission

‘Sh*tshow’: BOM staffer’s huge admission

One of the Bureau’s own has made a staggering confession about the national weather service’s new website, amid an ongoing furore over its “dangerous” redesign.

The Great Barrier Reef contributes $9 billion to Australia’s economy each year and holds a total value of $95 billion.

98% of Aussies haunted by this picture

Analysts are warning “time is running out” for one of Australia’s greatest national treasures, as economists claim a whopping $29bn is being wasted away.

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Tornado tears through Melbourne

Thousands of homes have been left without power as storms smashed one state, with wild photos of large hail emerging amid weather warnings.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - 23 OCTOBER 2025: Residents of one of SydneyÃs plushest streets have banded together to cull a stretch of trees blocking their views of the Harbour and Opera House. In a petition to Waverley Council, which takes in SydneyÃs iconic beachside suburbs including Bondi and Bronte, homeowners along Myuna Road in Dover Heights said a line of Tuckeroo Trees planted on their street had grown to block off their Ãiconic viewsÃ.Picture: Christian Gilles / NewsWire

Millionaires win fight for Opera House views

It’s a street filled with multimillion-dollar houses, but some of the residents aren’t happy with a line of trees blocking their Opera House views.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - 23 OCTOBER 2025: Residents of one of SydneyÃs plushest streets have banded together to cull a stretch of trees blocking their views of the Harbour and Opera House. In a petition to Waverley Council, which takes in SydneyÃs iconic beachside suburbs including Bondi and Bronte, homeowners along Myuna Road in Dover Heights said a line of Tuckeroo Trees planted on their street had grown to block off their Ãiconic viewsÃ.Picture: Christian Gilles / NewsWire

Millionaires win fight for Opera House views

It’s a street filled with multimillion-dollar houses, but some of the residents aren’t happy with a line of trees blocking their Opera House views.

A teenager has been attacked by a crocodile in far north Queensland.

14yo boy attacked by croc as sightings rise

A teenage boy has been attacked by a crocodile in Far North Queensland, with several sightings of the animal now reported in the area.

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 3, 2025: Fire crews and water bombing aircraft were on the scene as a bushfire threatened residences near the Enogerra reservoir outside Brisbane. Picture: NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

‘Ignite’: Fire ban imposed on major city

A total fire ban will be put in place for millions of Aussies on Monday as firefighters warn dangerous weather conditions could ‘ignite’ a disaster.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 16, 2024: Suspected tar balls that have washed up on Coogee Beach. Coogee Beach has been closed until further after mysterious, black, ball-shaped debris was located washed along the length of the beach.Picture: NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Cause of mystery debris balls revealed

The cause of mysterious grease balls – which sparked gross scenes after they washed up and down Sydney beaches, even sparking closures – have finally been revealed.

A deadly strain of bird flu has potentially reached one of Australia’s sub-Antarctic islands

Deadly disease fears on remote Aussie island

Scientists have raised the alarm after signs of a deadly bird flu strain were observed on a remote sub-Antarctic island off the mainland Australian coast.

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