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Experts say room temperature can significantly impact your quality of sleep.

Yes, it’s hot. But is it healthy to sleep with the air conditioning on?

Experts weigh in on the importance of temperature when it comes to getting a good sleep.

  • Brittany Busch

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Sydney’s sickest suburbs

Where are Sydney’s sickest suburbs? Follow the money, heat and air pollution

One part of Sydney has several suburbs with near-perfect scores. Less than an hour away, it was a different story.

  • Kate Aubusson
The Little Desert fire has burnt more than 90,000 hectares, or two-thirds of the national park.

Grampians residents warned to evacuate, cool change brings city relief

Eleven towns in Victoria’s west are at risk from a bushfire burning out of control near the Grampians, as the winds that carried a cool change to Melbourne brought new threats for firefighters.

  • Lachlan Abbott, Alexander Darling and Angus Delaney
The Little Desert bushfire threatened Dimboola on Monday, January 28, 2025. Facebook video posted by Jamie Chandler.

Heatwave raises fire danger across Victoria

The heat threatens to worsen existing fires in the Grampians, which are burning out of control as firefighters engage in back-burning to limit the spread.  

  • Angus Delaney
City dwellers have been considering a tree-change.

How to tell if that tree-change dream house is actually a nightmare

City-dwellers have been moving to the coast and country for a more relaxed lifestyle and cheaper housing, but there can be a hidden cost.

  • Jim Malo
Premier Roger Cook said 130 poles caught fire over the long weekend.

Mass power outages plunge thousands across WA into darkness on long weekend

As the mercury is predicted to soar to 37 degrees on Tuesday, thousands of residents are still without power and are worried and frustrated at the delays. 

  • Holly Thompson
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The map shows the heatwave covers much of the state.

WA braces for second day of heatwave amid power outages

Geraldton Airport hit 49.3 degrees – its equal hottest on record on Monday, and the state is bracing for a scorching week ahead.

  • Holly Thompson
Hot nights and even hotter days have been forecast for Brisbane this week.

‘Our hottest day’: Brisbane set for 37 degrees as humid winds return

Pool pumps and air-conditioning will put the electricity network to the test as the city sweats through to the end of January.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a heatwave warning for much of the state while the Pilbara braces for flooding.

Pilbara on flood watch as Perth and south-west brace for heatwave

Cyclone Sean is not expected to make landfall but will bring with it damaging winds up to 120km/h for the Pilbara coast.

  • Claire Ottaviano
Port Melbourne beach offered Dean Edgell and his dog Daisy a reprieve on Saturday.

More than 100 water rescues as heatwave sweeps across Victoria

Total fire bans will be in effect across much of the state on Sunday as the heat persists.

  • Cassandra Morgan and Angus Delaney

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