In a supplied image, smoke from an out of control bushfire rises over Canning Peak at Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, on Wednesday ...

People are being urged to stay away from Sandy Cape and surrounds as a bushfire approaches the West Coast area.

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

Bushwalkers are being turned away from one of Tasmania's most popular hiking trails as a significant bushfire threatens the ...

A bushfire outbreak triggered by dry lightning is threatening a popular walking track, as firefighters battle ‘challenging’ ...

Western Victoria’s Grampians National Park is officially being ravaged by a complex of fires, as three different fire fronts ...

A second woman has died in floodwaters in a rain-hit Queensland region as showers begin to ease following days of torrential ...

Bushfires have broken out in many parts of the West Coast as Tasmania continues to swelter.

A sodden community still reeling from a 63-year-old woman's death is bracing for more rain with a 58-year-old flood record at ...