Residents are rejoicing as rain clouds rather than smoke cover the national park mountains and the fire is declared contained after burning out of control for 21 days.

Australia's southeast on Saturday sweltered in a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and led authorities to issue ...

Amid a sweltering weekend heatwave, hundreds of Victorian firefighters continued to battle out-of-control bushfires across the state’s west while lifesavers conducted more than 140 rescues.

In the same week that the bushfire in the Grampians began, the Albanese Labor government announced four coal mine expansions.

Hot, sticky conditions in central and southeast parts of the country are expected to endure through the weekend.

The nation's weather forecaster warned that temperatures could reach 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in some parts of Australia's second most populous state of Victoria on Sunday. The ...

A scorching heatwave gripped southeastern Australia on Saturday, intensifying bushfire risks and prompting authorities to ...

Evacuees from communities in Victoria's Grampians are waiting to learn whether homes have been impacted by a bushfire which ...

A number of emergency evacuation orders have been downgraded after a cool change swept through western Victoria overnight.

At least three homes and nearly a dozen outbuildings have been destroyed by bushfire in Victoria as firefighters take advantage of more settled conditions to try to contain the blaze. Huge ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised disaster relief payments as he visited bushfire-hit areas of Victoria.