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Scorching temperatures are expected this week

Sweltering heat to sweep parts of Australia

Aussies are being given their first taste of summer, as a sweltering heatwave sweeps through the country this week, with some areas tipped to exceed 40 degrees.

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‘Plunged into darkness’: Transgrid faces $90m fine

Power company Transgrid has been accused of being “in breach of their contract” to supply power to Broken Hill residents — and could cop a multi million-dollar fine for it.

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BHP is trialling a Toyota EV at its Port Hedland operations in WA. Picture: Supplied

Big miner goes green with first Toyota EV

Australia’s biggest miner is ditching diesel for EVs in a first major step to electrify its vast mining fleet.

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DAILY TELEGRAPH. OCTOBER 24, 2024. Pictured is Mark and Linda Hickey at home today. In 2019 they lost the roof of their family home in Belrose due to a mini-typhoon, and were without power for a week. Fortunately a tradie came to their rescue with the aid of a generator to keep the power on. Picture: Tim Hunter.

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Huge step Aussies are taking to avoid blackouts

Amid increasing concern about summer blackouts and the effect of extreme weather, more Aussies are seeking their own ways to keep the power on.

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Two states to be soaked for 10 days

A weather change is moving in over the east coast, bringing rain, storms and flood warnings to bushfire-hit regions.

POOL PHOTO: Feral horses also known as brumbies seen in the Kosciuszko National Park near Tantangara, on Friday 3 December 2021. Pool photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Minister doubles down on brumby shooting

The Environment Minister has defiantly said she will not wait until the report of an inquiry before aerial shooting is used to cull rapidly exploding brumby numbers.

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Days of storms to hit bushfire zones

Days of storms to hit bushfire zones

Two states battling intense bushfires could soon expect some relief as storms develop that are forecast to last for days.

A Beerwah Rural Fire Brigade vehicle responding to the Beerwah bushfire. Picture: Beerwah Rural Fire Brigade

Heat behind an increase in Aussie hospitalisations

More and more Australians are being hospitalised and dying because of extreme weather events, with concerns the coming summer could be our worst yet.

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SURRY HILLS, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 15th, 2023: Over flowing rubbish spills out of residents bins due to the rubbish collection strike in Surry Hills.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Tim Pascoe

Aussies fume over new bin tax plan

A ‘pay as you throw’ proposal to charge people by the amount of waste they throw out has many up in arms, calling for the idea to be shelved immediately.

Former Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbot speaks to the media during a press conference after attending a forum on technology, innovation and trade, amid Chinas rising military threats, in Taipei, Taiwan, 8 October 2021. Taiwan has been facing intensifying threats from China whilst building better relations with Japan, the US, the UK, Australia, Canada as well as other European countries including Lithuania, Czech Republic, Poland, France. (Photo by Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

‘Cult’: Former PM’s wild climate rant

Former prime minister Tony Abbott has declared warnings of human-induced climate change “ahistorical and utterly implausible”.

Claude became an internet sensation when his antics were uncovered.

Sad twist in viral koala’s food rampage

There’s a bittersweet update to the story about a koala named Claude, who became an internet sensation after going on a $6000 rampage at a nursery.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. OCTOBER 19, 2023: Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers holds a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Ambitious’: Australia’s net-zero task laid bare

Private industry must pitch in with the government for Australia to hit net zero by 2050, according to the Treasurer.

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DALVEEN, AUSTRALIA - NewsWIRE Photos NOVEMBER 01, 2023:Fire damage around Dalveen (near Warwick)Bushfires burning through the Southern Downs regional area near the Queensland to NSW border.Picture: NCA NewsWIRE / John Gass

Sydney school scare as bushfire threatened

A Sydney primary school was evacuated after a fierce blaze edged close to the grounds, as crews continue to battle multiple fires in two states.

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Firefighters are continuing to give it their all with more than 240 trucks and 38 aircraft battling almost 70 fires around QLD this afternoon. Conditions are expected to ease over the next 24 hours, but are forecast to worsen again next week. , Fire bans are in place for several parts of QLD and it’s vital landholders and residents follow these directions and don’t introduce fire into the landscape. , Gilston/Advancetown Rural Fire Brigade at Moonie

Heatwave triggers extreme danger in state

More than 70 fires are burning across NSW, with conditions set to worsen over the next 24 hours.

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