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The Bureau of Meteorology issued the warning early on Wednesday afternoon. Picture: Supplied

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Millions warned to brace for weather chaos

Millions of Australians are in the path of damaging winds set to hit the mainland on Wednesday afternoon.

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Temperatures are set to spike as high as 46C in some areas of Queensland as extreme and severe heatwaves are tipped to sweep the state along with NSW. Picture: Stormcast.

Temps to hit 46C in severe heatwave

Warnings have been issued to residents across several states as a severe heatwave is expected to send the mercury soaring past 40C.

***BLURRED VERSION***MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - January 21, 2025: Animal activists have placed dead piglets outside the Victorian State Government offices at treasury place. Picture: NewsWire / David Geraghty ,

‘Deserve more’: Protesters’ distressing stunt

Animal activists have left dead piglets on the steps of a state government building in an effort to seek immediate change to pig welfare.

Locals across mutliple Sydney suburbs have been met with confronting scenes, after mega storms flooded waterways with tonnes of rubbish waste. Picture: Facebook /

‘Human’: Grim find on Aussie beach

A popular Sydney beach is one of several in the city to be swamped by tonnes of rubbish – including some seriously creepy items

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Bin audits in Noosa to check on recycling habits are upsetting people, according to council candidate David Fletcher.

War over ‘recycling tax’ erupts

Labor has hit back after recyclables exporters accused the government of rolling out a ‘recycling tax’ amid the cost of living crisis.

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Researchers discover huge new species of anaconda

Researchers discover huge new species of anaconda

Researchers that were filming a series in Brazil, have discovered a gigantic new species of anaconda that weighs over 200kg and is over 8 metres…

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. FEBRUARY 26, 2024: Dr Andrew Forrest AO, Global Business and Philanthropic Leader, addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on

‘Bulldust’: Twiggy lampoons nuclear push

A push by the Coalition to develop nuclear energy generation in Australia has been slammed by mining magnate Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. FEBRUARY 26, 2024: Dr Andrew Forrest AO, Global Business and Philanthropic Leader, addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on

‘Bulldust’: Twiggy lampoons nuclear push

A push by the Coalition to develop nuclear energy generation in Australia has been slammed by mining magnate Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest.

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The final week of summer is set to bring extreme weather to parts of Australia, including heatwave conditions in WA and extreme fire danger in Victoria. Picture: Weatherzone

‘Spike day’: Extreme fire danger warning

A week of extreme weather is expected across Australia in the last week of summer – and conditions are expected to bleed into autumn.

A group of cut-down trees has sparked fury in a popular beachside suburb, but not all it as it seems. Outraged locals have vented their fury at a council’s removal of bushy trees from a popular beachside suburb, some claiming it was all over views being “obstructed”. But the Randwick City Council has dispelled rumours starting from a community Facebook group about the shrubbery’s removal, stating the vegetation was being replaced to preserve the view from an iconic art installation at the beach.

Why this photo sent suburb into meltdown

A single photo shared to a local Facebook group sparked uproar this week, with the council forced to clarify an outrageous rumour.

University of Tasmania's Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies have placed rings in the waters off Tinderbox, which have lines underneath them to grow giant kelp. The giant kelp are sucking nutrients from salmon farming. IMAS marine ecology Professor Craig Johnson.

Salmon farming potential solution to fuelling giant kelp forests

Giant kelp sucking up the nutrients of fish farming could be the solution to restoring forests, with early research results revealing 10 times the growth rate.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Newswire Photos- NOVEMBER 07 2023: A view of the Vaping Products at Border Force Facility in Port Botany. The Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler is with the Australian Border Force Commissioner, Michael Outram APM, in Sydney today for a press conference on Campaign OBELIA, a joint operation between the Australian Border Force and the Therapeutic Goods Association, which detected more than 35 tonnes of vaping products suspected to contain nicotine. Photo by: NCA Newswire /Gaye Gerard

$180m issue with Aussie vape ban

New research has found a huge proportion of vapers will start smoking tobacco, putting the Australian health system under massive strain.

Emergency response to the large bushfire which started on thursday at Bayindeen is still underway, with Emergency Warnings out from Beaufort all the way up to Glenlofty and Mount Avoca. Thank you to all our crews for their hard work., captured in Buangor by Sebastopol Fire Brigade - CFA 22nd February 2024. Picture :Sebastopol Fire Brigade - CFA

Town’s dire warning to ‘leave immediately’

A dire warning has been issued for hundreds of people in one rural town to immediately leave as firies continue to battle a massive blaze which has already consumed thousands of hectares of land.

Emergency response to the large bushfire which started on thursday at Bayindeen is still underway, with Emergency Warnings out from Beaufort all the way up to Glenlofty and Mount Avoca. Thank you to all our crews for their hard work., captured in Buangor by Sebastopol Fire Brigade - CFA 22nd February 2024. Picture :Sebastopol Fire Brigade - CFA

Town’s dire warning to ‘leave immediately’

A dire warning has been issued for hundreds of people in one rural town to immediately leave as firies continue to battle a massive blaze which has already consumed thousands of hectares of land.

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