A bushfire raging for 21 days is finally contained, thanks to a cool change and rain bringing welcome relief for emergency crews.

Residents are rejoicing as rain clouds rather than smoke cover the national park mountains and the fire is declared contained after burning out of control for 21 days.

Australia's southeast on Saturday sweltered in a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and led authorities to issue ...

In the same week that the bushfire in the Grampians began, the Albanese Labor government announced four coal mine expansions.

Amid a sweltering weekend heatwave, hundreds of Victorian firefighters continued to battle out-of-control bushfires across the state’s west while lifesavers conducted more than 140 rescues.

Hot, sticky conditions in central and southeast parts of the country are expected to endure through the weekend.

The nation's weather forecaster warned that temperatures could reach 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in some parts of Australia's second most populous state of Victoria on Sunday. The ...

A scorching heatwave gripped southeastern Australia on Saturday, intensifying bushfire risks and prompting authorities to ...

Evacuees from communities in Victoria's Grampians are waiting to learn whether homes have been impacted by a bushfire which ...

A number of emergency evacuation orders have been downgraded after a cool change swept through western Victoria overnight.

A cool change has eased conditions for firefighters battling an out-of-control blaze in Victoria's Grampians following the worst bushfire conditions since 2019's Black Summer - as residents in ...