Australia , Victoria bushfire crisis

Victoria Bushfires Claim Life, Destroy Hundreds of Homes as Emergency Warnings Remain in Effect

Victoria is facing a catastrophic bushfire crisis, with at least one confirmed death, hundreds of homes destroyed, and emergency warnings still in place as out-of-control blazes continue to ravage the state. Authorities confirmed that a man in his 60s died...
Writer Randa Abdel-Fattah

Adelaide Festival’s Governance Under Fire as Board Members Resign Over Controversial Anti-Palestinian Decision

The Adelaide Festival is grappling with one of the most serious governance crises in its history after three board members resigned in rapid succession, deepening fallout from the controversial removal of Palestinian Australian author and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah from the...
Australia Bushfires

Victoria Battles Unprecedented Bushfires as Over 300,000 Hectares Burn and More Than 100 Structures Destroyed

Victoria is facing a severe bushfire crisis, with at least 119 structures destroyed and more than 300,000 hectares of bushland burned as fires continue to rage across the state. Authorities warn that many of the blazes could burn for “days,...
Australia’s Bunda Cliffs

Australia’s Bunda Cliffs Under Threat as Drone Footage Shows Unstable Edges and Tourists Defying Safety Rules

The extreme dangers lurking along one of Australia’s most iconic coastal landscapes, with crumbling cliff edges and deep cracks threatening sudden collapse at South Australia’s Bunda Cliffs. The dramatic limestone cliffs, stretching along the Great Australian Bight and popular with...
Australia Bushfires

Victoria Bushfires Rage as Extreme Heat and Cyclone Threat Grip Australia

Australian firefighters are battling two emergency-level bushfires across Victoria as volatile conditions fuel what authorities describe as a rapidly evolving and dangerous crisis. The most severe, the out-of-control Longwood fire in central Victoria, has already scorched more than 130,000 hectares,...
Australia , Victoria bushfire crisis

Victoria under state of disaster as bushfires raze towns; police confirm missing trio are safe

Three people reported missing during Victoria’s escalating bushfire emergency have been found safe, offering a brief moment of relief as authorities continue battling dozens of major blazes across the state. Police confirmed on Saturday that the three people, initially believed...
Victoria Police

Victoria Police End Melbourne CBD Warrantless Search Zone Four Months Early Amid Legal Challenge and Civil Liberties Backlash

Victoria Police have abruptly ended the designation of Melbourne’s central business district and surrounding precincts as a special search zone, withdrawing controversial powers that allowed officers to conduct warrantless searches nearly four months earlier than scheduled. The declaration, which granted...
Australia Bushfires

Victoria on Edge as Wind Shift and Extreme Heat Drive Catastrophic Bushfires, Homes Destroyed and Residents Unaccounted 

Victoria has entered what authorities describe as the most perilous phase of an unfolding bushfire emergency, with a volatile wind change, extreme heat and multiple active fires threatening communities across the state. Premier Jacinta Allan warned late Friday that the...
Australia

Australia’s Population Set to Keep Rising Despite Record Low Birth Rates and a Sharp Pullback in Overseas Migration

Australia’s population is set to keep growing over the coming decades, even as the country records its lowest-ever birth rate and the Federal Government insists it has significantly tightened migration settings after a post-pandemic surge. According to the 2025 Population...
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)

RBA Warns Borrowers Against Expecting Rate Cuts Soon as Inflation Eases Slightly

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has signalled that borrowers should not expect any quick relief on interest rates, despite November’s unexpectedly soft inflation figures. Data released on Wednesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed the consumer price...
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