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One Dead in Australian Wildfires That May Burn for Weeks to Come
Jan 12 2026 // One person has died in wildfires in the Australian state of Victoria that have burned out an area slightly larger than Rhode Island.A body was found about 100 meters from a vehicle near the fire-affected town of Gobur,...
Australian State Faces Catastrophic Fire Risk From Heat Wave
Jan 8 2026 // Australia is bracing for catastrophic fire risk in parts of Victoria on Friday as the country swelters through its worst heat wave since the Black Summer bushfires in the summer of 2019 and 2020.Temperatures rose above 45C...
Millions at Risk of Los Angeles-Style Wildfires in Australia
Jan 6 2026 // Millions of people living on the expanding outskirts of Australia’s major cities face an increasing risk of urban wildfires similar to the deadly blazes in Los Angeles last year.Suburbs on the fringes of centers...
Reddit Sues Australia Over Social Media Ban, Citing Free Speech Threat
Dec 12 2025 // Message board website Reddit on Friday filed a lawsuit in Australia’s highest court seeking to overturn the country’s social media ban for children, calling it an intrusion on free political discourse and...
World Watches First Teen Social Media Ban Start in Australia
Dec 10 2025 // Australia’s social media ban for youths took effect Wednesday, a landmark move that’s drawn global attention at a time governments are increasingly enacting rules to shield minors from toxic content and...
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