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Maximum temperatures forecast for Friday. Picture: BOM

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Aussies to bake while others freeze

Millions of Australians are in for a wild week of weather, with maximum temperatures tipped to vary by a whopping 15C.

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

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‘Prepare to leave’: Urgent bushfire warning

Several large and slow-moving bushfires have engulfed parts of one state, with emergency services urging residents to get ready to leave their homes.

Christine Gadsby is Blackberry's chief security advisor. Picture: Supplied / NewsWire

Why security expert won’t ever text this

In a world where data is worth more than gold, a security expert has dropped a grim warning about how people use their phones.

Christine Gadsby is Blackberry's chief security advisor. Picture: Supplied / NewsWire

Why security expert won’t ever text this

In a world where data is worth more than gold, a security expert has dropped a grim warning about how people use their phones.

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Unusual weather conditions have wreaked havoc for potatoes in South Australia, with farmers warning the current conditions have caused a shortage for one of the country’s most popular vegetables.

Farmers warn shortage of popular vegetable

Australians can expect to see less of this food staple on their supermarket shelves after farmers suffered through one of the worst droughts in years.

Unusual weather conditions have wreaked havoc for potatoes in South Australia, with farmers warning the current conditions have caused a shortage for one of the country’s most popular vegetables.

Farmers warn shortage of popular vegetable

Australians can expect to see less of this food staple on their supermarket shelves after farmers suffered through one of the worst droughts in years.

Severe weather warnings have been issued for multiple Aussie states as “damaging” wind gusts reaching up to 163kmh pelt the country’s south.

Homes still without power as floods loom

Emergency crews have responded to more than 100 calls for help as destructive winds, flood warnings and snow loom over Australia’s south, leaving thousands without power.

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7.4 magnitude quake rocks Asian nation

7.4 magnitude quake rocks Asian nation

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has rattled a nation of 115 million, prompting a tsunami warning and mass evacuations across the country.

Town with 46C days hit by water crisis

Town with 46C days hit by water crisis

The mayor of an outback town fears he will be “handing out water bottles” if harsh new measures can’t alleviate a contaminated water crisis.

It’s going to be a mixed bag of weather for millions of Australians this week

Record breaking rainfall hits Aussie city

More wild weather is on its way for millions of Aussies this week, with record breaking rain already hitting one city.

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Residents are being urged to prepare to leave their homes as bushfires burn east of Bundaberg. Picture: Queensland Fire Department/NewsWire

‘Prepare now’: Warning as bushfires rage

Residents are being urged to prepare to leave their homes as fierce bushfires burn in one state, with warnings they could rapidly worsen.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire 11th October 2024. 11am Friday the first turbines at Australia's largest (planned) wind farm will spin and will start feeding electricity into Victoria's grid. The farm is Golden Plains Wind Farm in Rokewood. Ikea's investment arm will be announcing they're investing in stage 2 as well.Picture: NewsWire/Nadir Kinani

Green light for mega $2bn wind farm

Energy giant AGL has secured final approval for a mega $2bn wind farm that could power 590,000 homes.

Thousands of dead fish at The Marine Stadium at The Spit on the Gold Coast. Picture: Facebook

Shocking sight at beloved beach

Residents have expressed outrage and a council has started a clean-up, but authorities have said the water is safe for swimming.

Traveller Jackson Coffey spotted a saltwater crocodile below the surface of a waterhole moments before he was about to jump in for a swim.

Travellers’ lucky find before swim

Adventurer Jackson Coffey was about to swim at a waterhole in WA’s northwest when he spotted a potentially huge danger lying beneath the surface.

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