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Water is being carted into a small town to top up a bushfire-damaged local treatment system but residents are still waiting for clean drinking water.

Both the men's and women's Surf Coast Classics have been called off

As the temperature nears 49C in the Mallee region, residents take refuge in air-conditioned rooms

Fire in forested region southwest of Melbourne breaches containment lines and threatens half a dozen towns

Cycling hierarchy have cancelled the Surf Coast Classic races in Victoria because of extreme heat and bushfire risks.

The state heat record set on Black Saturday in 2009 may be surpassed after the temperature hit 48.9C in Walpeup and Hopetoun

Millions of people in southeastern Australia are sweating through a record-breaking heatwave. The heat this week is likely to be one for the history books. The heat began on Saturday January 24th. On Australia Day, three sites in South Australia and two in New South Wales broke their all-time temperature…

BoM to check if Walpeup and Hopetoun broke state’s official heat record - set during 2009’s Black Saturday