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The cold snap crossing the country added 26 centimetres to the storm total at Mount Buller as of Sunday morning. 

Mass car rescue on Mount Hotham as farmers welcome the rain

Specialised alpine search and rescue units used sleds to rescue people trapped in their cars on Mount Hotham because of a snow dump over the weekend.

  • Alexander Darling, Benjamin Preiss and Cassandra Morgan

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SES Bright and Falls Creek unit volunteers helped police with the rescue of people stuck in their vehicles near Hotham Heights.

More than 13 people rescued at Hotham Heights as snow, much-needed rain hit Victoria

The alpine region had the heaviest ski season opening-weekend snowfall in years.

  • Caroline Schelle and Roy Ward
A fresh blanket of snow arrived just in time for the opening of the ski season in Falls Creek.

Double joy as drought-breaking rain arrives and snow covers the alps

Wintry weather is forecast to extend into next week, bringing relief to farmers across the state and solid snowfalls for the start of ski season.

  • Hannah Hammoud
Sheep farmer Duncan Barber on his Coliban Park property near Redesdale in Victoria.

‘I won’t get excited until my hair is wet’: This weekend is make or break for farmers

Drought-stricken communities across Victoria hope rain forecast for much of the state will finally bring relief after months of record-low rainfall.

  • Benjamin Preiss
Beef cattle on a farm near Winslow, Victoria.

‘Dairy shortages, no ifs or buts’: Milk and butter prices to rise as farmers tread water

The high cost of recovery from repeated floods and droughts will contribute to inflation on supermarket shelves.

  • Jessica Yun
Sydney’s Bronte Beach is hit with strong winds and pounding surf.

What winter has in store for Sydney and NSW

The weather bureau is predicting a warmer, wetter winter for most of the country, but the outlook for most of the NSW coast is neutral.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Duncan Barber on his parched property near Redesdale.

‘Seemingly endless fire season’ predicted for Victoria this winter

Climate scientists say “warmer than normal” predictions are “defined against a normal that was in the past”.

  • Bianca Hall and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Western Eagles senior coach Dan Casey at his drought-stricken ground.

The parched part of Victoria where even football fields are ground down by drought

The impact of the drought is now spreading beyond farms and leaving its mark on community sport.

  • Benjamin Preiss
Walkers for Truth wend their way from Portland, western Victoria, heading through an ancient land to a modern parliament.

Waiting for rain as an ancient world files past, hoping truth matters

A downpour brought the wild, vain hope of an end to a crippling drought as the bearers of ancient knowledge walked by, aiming for justice through truth-telling.

  • Tony Wright
Poor air quality in Sydney viewed from Sydney Park, Alexandria.

A rare dust storm hit Sydney. Here’s why we should expect more

A huge band of dust from drought-stricken South Australia blanketed Sydney in a yellow haze on Tuesday morning.

  • Angus Dalton

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