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Extreme heat forecast to continue across Victoria, Tasmania, SA and NSW for several days, as record temperatures cause cancellation of long weekend eventsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHobart residents sweated through the city’s hottest night in 112 years as a severe heatwave continues to affect large parts of south-east...

Pitch music and arts festival attenders urged to delay arrival, with those already on site advised to head homeGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFestivalgoers at a music festival in Victoria’s Grampians have been advised to leave amid the extreme heat and fire danger, while Melbourne’s iconic Moomba Parade has been cancelled due to soaring temperatures.Residents across four...

This blog is now closed.Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastRenewables expansion puts prime farming land at risk, Taylor saysTaylor expands on the opposition to renewables:As always, with any projects, there’s good projects and bad projects but 28,000km of transmission lines, and a big loss of prime agricultural land that we’re starting to see right across Australia, we...

Illegal use of fireworks can lead to thousands of dollars in fines and even jail. Here are the rules around the countryHefty fines and even jail time are on the cards for those who set off illegal fireworks this New Year’s Eve.People right across the country used to partake in the annual “cracker night” festival, setting off fireworks in their backyards, but most states...