Australia's southeast sweltered in a heatwave on Monday, raising the bushfire risk and prompting authorities to issue fire bans for several parts of Victoria state.

At least three companies bow out of the race to develop an offshore wind farm off the state's south-west coast, with one ...

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Police say the 56-year-old woman was pulled from the water at Hellfire Bay, south-east of Esperance, just after 1pm on ...