December 2024
Taylor accuses Chalmers of stacking RBA board
Angus Taylor says he is concerned Jim Chalmers has made the wrong decision with his appointments; extreme summer heatwave to scorch four states. How the day unfolded.
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- Lucy Slade
March 2024
‘No immediate danger’: Festivals cancelled as south-eastern states swelter
Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and NSW are experiencing the worst forecast heatwave of the year, throwing festivals and major events into chaos.
- Patrick Durkin
Festivals and events cancelled as southeast swelters
Heatwave conditions are forecast for South Australia, Victoria, NSW and Tasmania from Saturday to Monday.
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- Cassandra Morgan and Neve Brissenden
July 2023
A complex brew: why heatwaves are hitting records
After a sweltering July in many parts of the world, the odds are rising that 2023 will end up displacing 2016 as the hottest year on record.
- Raymond Zhong
Europe swelters under hellish heatwave
Drought, wildfires, sweltering temperatures: no wonder the Continent is naming its repeated hot spells after ancient Greek myths of Hades.
- Hans van Leeuwen
June 2023
Brutal heat, humidity brings misery to southern US states
Major cities in which the heat index could reach 45 degrees in the next few days include Dallas, San Antonio, New Orleans and Nashville, Tennessee.
- Livia Albeck-Ripka
July 2022
- Opinion
- Extreme weather
Hot yes, but Britain’s heatwave feels more like a balmy Aussie January
What was Britain’s record heatwave like? The reality was a bit less feverish than the headlines.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Scorching heatwave sparks wildfires in Europe
The World Meteorological Organisation warned this week the heatwave was spreading and intensifying in large parts of Europe.
- Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira
February 2020
Record low demand for grid power strains system
The Australian Energy Regulator has pointed to the influx of rooftop solar driving huge swings in demand for grid-based power and wholesale prices.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
January 2020
SA cut off from national grid as Victorians asked to power down
South Australia was suddenly "islanded" from the national electricity market on Friday afternoon amid sweltering temperatures, while Victorians may face blackouts.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Simon Evans
Power grid back in crisis as heat returns
The electricity market is on a knife-edge as electricity consumption is expected to soar across all states on Friday, threatening shortages.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Tomago leads energy users buckling under power crisis
The third interruption of production at the Tomago smelter has left energy users extremely worried about power supply in the next two months.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
NSW on blackout watch as conditions worsen
The power market operator on Thursday was forced to call on emergency back-up supplies for the third time this summer to prevent blackouts in NSW.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Power grid under threat as bushfire conditions worsen
Extreme bushfire danger in Victoria's Alpine region and East Gippsland over the next two days has refuelled worries over the power grid.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Exclusive
- Bushfires
'It's a changed game' as bushfires challenge grid : AEMO CEO
Audrey Zibelman said the bushfires have illustrated the need for a more resilient and flexible power grid able to keep the lights in a harsher environment.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
NSW power faces lengthy disruption as fires hit
Fire has cut power to more than 30,000 premises, but forced blackouts were narrowly averted in NSW on Saturday after the loss of a key transmission link.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Fires cut power link between NSW and Vic
The energy market operator advised it could be forced to cut off power to some consumers even after activating emergency back-up reserves.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Snowy power line under threat during horror Saturday
The threat to transmission lines in southern NSW is expected to escalate again on Saturday amid a re-emergence of catastrophic fire conditions.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Week-long blackouts feared as power lines destroyed
Thousands of homes could be without power for another week as network companies struggle to fix destroyed or damaged electricity poles.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
December 2019
Mass blackouts hit eastern Victoria as fires bring down lines
Whole towns are without power in East Gippsland, with Ausnet warning the cuts could continue for several days.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith