Much of southern Australia is sweltering through a three-day "sticky" heatwave with increasing fire danger risks amid blazes ...

Australia's southeast on Saturday sweltered in a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and led authorities to issue fire bans for large parts of Victoria state.

A high fire-danger rating covers most of the state, except for the Wimmera, where the risk is extreme and the weeks-long ...

It's important to stay up to date with weather conditions and the fire danger ratings for the area you'll be travelling to. Keeping your car radio tuned to the local ABC radio station is a good place ...

The heat will peak on Sunday before a cool change extends from the west and eases heatwave conditions on Monday. Locations likely to be impacted include the Melbourne Metropolitan area, Ballarat, Moe, ...

Parts of the country’s southeast are set to be hit by “severe heatwave conditions” heading into the weekend, with some areas tipped to clock temperatures upwards of 40C.