A grove of ancient trees, including Tasmania's oldest-known Huon pine tree, has come under threat by an ongoing bushfire.

The Overland Track will stay closed until next week as a precaution while bushfires continue to burn through Tasmania’s ...

Lightning strikes across southeastern Australia last week and early this week have ignited fires in several states.

Picture: Sky News Firefighters battled severe bushfires in the Grampians last December, but on Friday, a new blaze prompted authorities to declare it was “too late to leave” three areas ...

Satellite imagery shows vast smoke plumes billowing across Bass Strait as Victorian authorities remain on high alert ahead of hot conditions forecast for Thursday.

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Firefighters are concentrating their efforts on containing more than a dozen bushfires burning on Tasmania’s West Coast. 17 ...

Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower early this evening. The chance of a thunderstorm early this evening, possibly severe with damaging winds, possible hail and heavy falls. Light winds. Sun ...