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.

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

Dry winter conditions have resulted in extra fuel reduction burns in regional Victoria ahead of the fire season. But some ...

A fleet of 160 aircraft from the National Aerial Firefighting Centre are ready to respond to disasters as severe weather ...

Nick Wilson, from ANU's Bushfire Centre of Excellence Research Centre, says bushfire fuel's driest point lags the driest air ...

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

Sydneysiders have braced for one of the hottest October days in living memory as temperatures shoot to 40C in some areas while nine bushfires remain uncontained throughout the state.

Geothermal-pool paradise, off-grid glamping, a pet-friendly coastal nirvana … Victoria’s latest weekend whirls are all within ...

A total fire ban will be put in place for millions of Aussies on Monday as dangerous weather conditions spark bushfire fears.

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