6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (26+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (389+ words) More than eight in 10 Victorians living in bushfire-prone areas are putting their lives at risk by waiting too long to evacuate, a new CFA survey has found. The CFA’s annual post-season bushfire community survey found 88 per cent of respondents agreed…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (554+ words) The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted cloudy conditions and thunderstorms across the country from Sunday to Tuesday. NiMet, in its weather outlook released in Abuja, envisaged sunny skies with patches of clouds over the northern region, with chances of early…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (818+ words) Was it a contrail or 'chemtrail'? Long, thin, white cloud stretched across the Big Island sky on the afternoon of Aug. 11 creates a buzz with possible impending tropical cyclone poised to impact the islands. A possible tropical cyclone poised to…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago   (628+ words) Thursday morning’s satellite image over Australia revealed two spectacular cloud formations – one on a vast scale, the other localised but just as striking when viewed at closer range. The main cloud feature is the narrow, curved cloudband trailing thousands of…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (46+ words) A powerful cold front is bearing down on South Australia, set to bring heavy rain and dangerous winds. Updated August 7, 2026 — 7:01pm,first published 6:59pm...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1366+ words) This is an edited extract from Patrick J. Byrne’s new book, Caught in the Current: The Dire Consequences of Politics Driving the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, Wilkinson Publishing, 2026, $39.99+P&P The Millennium Drought (1997-2010) was the political justification for the Water Act 2007 and…...