A regional Victorian council is calling for a tax on the major coal, oil and gas companies to fund bushfire and flood ...

Recovery funding for bushfire-affected communities in Victoria will be nearly doubled, with the state and federal governments pledging a further $160 million in support. More than 1,550 structures ...

SYDNEY — Australia set up a national inquiry Thursday into its month-long bushfire crisis that affected three in four Australians and prompted widespread criticism of the government for its sluggish ...

Extreme weather events are increasingly coming in waves, giving communities just days or hours to recover before the next ...

More than 1,000 families in Victoria are being urged to evacuate as bushfires burn across the state and a severe heatwave pushes temperatures in parts of southeast Australia towards 50C. Emergency ...