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Non-drinking water only as fire damages supply

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.

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Bushfires rage as heatwave grips Australia's southeast

Smoke has blanketed a major city after a bushfire drew within striking distance of a rural town during a widespread heatwave.

AAP

Worst heatwave since Black Saturday forecast for Victoria as WA faces Tropical Cyclone Luana

‘This is a very serious set of weather conditions’ Emergency Management Commissioner Tim Wiebusch says

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See how Victoria’s bushfires spread: a visual guide to the scale of devastation

Authorities and firefighters say the Victorian fires of January 2026 were unlike anything seen before in speed, scale and destruction. And they came much earlier than normal

The Guardian - AU

'It came in hot and fast': lucky locals count blessings

Residents and firefighters are still on edge as weather conditions are forecast to heighten bushfire dangers as many grateful locals escape serious damage.

AAP

Cool change slows 360km-perimeter Grampians bushfire in Victoria as extreme fire danger keeps NSW on alert

Temperatures plunged overnight in Victoria’s west as gusty winds swept over blazes that scorched bushland the size of Singapore

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Queensland braces for more flash flooding as Sydney swelters and Victoria battles bushfires

Brisbane soaked by up to 127mm of rain in 12 hours, with more than a dozen dams spilling over in the south-east of the state

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Banking on seeds to help save endangered possum

More than 60 years after the rediscovery of a rare possum in Victoria, scientists are looking ahead to save the tiny population that remains in the wild.

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Glider death sparks new forests management debate

The death of an endangered glider in a national park has incensed environmentalists and raised questions about Victorian fire management practices.

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Homes lost as bushfires continue to burn

Bushfires have destroyed an unknown number of homes and volunteer firefighters have suffered minor burns while battling blazes in Victoria's west.

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What to do with 1.8m hectares of Victorian public forest?

Native forest logging will cease in Victoria from 2024, but those who live and work in state forests say there’s been little communication about what happens next

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'Kicked in stomach while putting my baby in car - now I've got months to live'

Sheena Hardman, 41, from Warrington, was attacked outside her home before she found out she has terminal cancer months after giving birth to her baby daughter

Daily Mirror

Woman kicked in the stomach while putting kids in car in horror attack given just months to live

'It’s something you can’t really process'

Irish Mirror

'I was attacked outside my home while putting my baby in the car now I have months to live'

Sheena Hardman had no idea she was ill until she was kicked in the stomach

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New mum kicked in stomach while putting baby in car 'has just months to live'

Sheena Hardman has been diagnosed with incurable bowel cancer but she had no idea there was a problem until she was assaulted outside her home in November last year.

Manchester Evening News

'I was kicked in the stomach putting my baby in the car - now I have just months to live'

Sheena Hardman has been left 'numb' by the news

Daily Record

Mum told she has just months to live after being kicked in stomach by attacker

Sheena Hardman first started experiencing stomach pains after being assaulted outside her home while putting her baby in the car in November last year

Liverpool Echo

Mum given months to live after being kicked in stomach as she put baby in car

Sheena Hardman had no idea she was unwell until the attack outside her home

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Fire warning system gets an overhaul

A new four-level fire risk warning system will standardise and simplify risk levels and action plans for Australians.

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Smoke around Melbourne has residents sniffing warily, but it's no cause for alarm, says fire chief

Residents wake to the smell of smoke across much of the city and southern regions as the state's chief fire officer takes to radio to explain why.

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