2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (797+ words) Rabbit numbers are booming, but unlike three previous plagues of the marauding pests since the 1950s, Australia does not have a virus it can release to rein in the exploding numbers, a leading cause of environmental damage and agricultural losses. Steady…...

11+ hour, 14+ min ago   (24+ words) North Queenslanders are bracing for a tropical low to strengthen to a category 1 cyclone before it crosses the coast. The Sydney Morning Herald...

12+ hour, 45+ min ago   (691+ words) If you didn't know otherwise, you might think Box Hill was abandoned. Not a single person was sighted in the north-west Sydney suburb on Saturday afternoon, the faces of real estate agents on billboards the only sign of human life....

12+ hour, 47+ min ago   (1013+ words) Relief from the heat was expected to wash over Sydney on Saturday evening after the city sweltered through its hottest January day since Black Summer, reaching a top of 42.2 degrees. While the mercury missed its forecast top of 43 at Sydney's…...

18+ hour, 4+ min ago   (733+ words) Melbourne woke to the smell of smoke and a thin veil of ash on Saturday as firefighters battled more than 30 active blazes moving through the state. More than 115 homes and buildings have been razed in fires across Victoria, but emergency…...

23+ hour, 24+ min ago   (23+ words) North Queensland communities are being urged to prepare for a destructive weather system that is barrelling towards the coastline. The Sydney Morning Herald...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (30+ words) A significant stretch of the North Queensland coastline is in the danger zone with a tropical low currently sitting off the coast in the Coral Sea. The Sydney Morning Herald...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (852+ words) We stepped onto the balcony, beach-bound with towels slung from shoulders, when the black column of smoke in the sky stopped us dead. "Grab your camera," I told my fianc, and we jumped in the car and drove from his…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1018+ words) As wild bushfires bear down on the town of Yea, Greg Barker says goodbye to his wife, unsure if he will see her again. The farmer is staying behind at the brick home they have lived in for more than…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (533+ words) NASA will conduct a medical evacuation of an astronaut suffering an undisclosed ailment aboard the International Space Station, agency officials said. The early return in the coming days will mark the first time in NASA's history that the agency has…...