Increased fire risk on the east coast ahead of widespread rainfall across much of the country

Due to hot spring air, an enhanced fire warning is being issued on the central east coast ahead of heavy rains in northeast New South Wales this week. Forecasts from the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction show that most of the rainfall over the next seven days will be concentrated in the Lismore area.

“Rare and possibly record-breaking”: Warm cold wave will sweep across the country

Maybe it's finally time to get out your hat and sunglasses, as a warm, record-breaking cold snap is forecast for the country. A strong high pressure system is expected to bring a wave of warm weather to central Australia before moving south, potentially breaking the 15-year record for the longest seven-day maximum temperature.

Herd on the patio: Lake Karrinyup Country Club ladies say 'let's eat cake' after mocking black tie bake sale

You could almost set your watch by it. Every few years, an outbreak of gender wars disrupts the complacent peace around the lush fairways of the Lake Karrinyup Country Club. And so it happened on Monday evening this week, when members' email inboxes lit up with a message about an incoming ballistic missile from an … Read more