Bear in mind, it’s only August. As Hines said, the fire weather season hasn’t yet hit most of Australia – but the current conditions – hot, dry and sometimes windy – are bringing ...

Bear in mind, it's only August. As Hines said, the fire weather season hasn't yet hit most of Australia, but the current conditions — hot, dry and sometimes windy — are bringing moderate to ...

Another hot day through central parts of Australia saw more winter temp records broken on Saturday. A warm Sat night also led to some overnight minimum temps breaking August records. Temps will ...

SYDNEY—Australian retail sales were much stronger than expected in August as the impact of income-tax cuts in July fed through to spending, while unusually warm weather lifted clothing and cafe ...

Australia's national unemployment rate remained steady in August at 4.2 per cent. The number of employed people grew by ...