Victorians are being warned to prepare for a “difficult and dangerous” bushfire season following record-breaking droughts.

Many thousands of hectares of highly volatile bushfire country across a broad area hit by the Ash Wednesday disaster remain ...

Australia’s most exposed bushfire areas are facing Los Angeles or Black Saturday-style community disasters because of a failure to ­accept royal commission demands on burn-offs.

Last month nearly 8 million hectares were burnt in the Northern Territory, an area bigger than the entire state of Tasmania.

The Australian Workers' Union says Victorian female forest firefighters have been short-changed by an average of more than $4 ...

A regional Victorian airport upgrade placed in limbo due to “unintended consequences” of federal government red tape will finally proceed amid fears funding for the project would be wiped.

Climate change puts workers at huge risk, politicians have been told by nurses that treated mass thunderstorm asthma and ...

Ahead of what's expected to be a significant and elevated fire season, Victoria has strengthened its bushfire preparedness by deploying firefighting ...

This tiny possum species has evolved to survive in an alpine habitat but, as climate change progresses, the usual features of ...

Distressed locals have told of desperate koalas falling from trees and trying to eat vegetation such as pine needles.

The cost of housing, and its impact on young Australians, has become one of the nation’s biggest issues. A new plan calls for ...

Bairnsdale local Amy Taylor was much closer to the meteor, and was relaxing on the verandah having a Sunday afternoon drink ...