A bushfire raging for 21 days is finally contained, thanks to a cool change and rain bringing welcome relief for emergency crews.

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 ...

Rain and a cool change has helped firefighters contain a large blaze that has been burning since mid-December.

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.

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.

A cool change has eased conditions for firefighters battling an out-of-control blaze in Victoria's Grampians following the worst bushfire conditions since 2019's Black Summer - as residents in ...

Several states have been put on high alert for bushfires and possible evacuations as more than 40,000 hectares continues to burn through Victoria. Millions of residents and travellers in large ...

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