A contrast of Australian weather with Ex-Tropical Cyclone Zelia over northwest WA and a cold snap over Tasmania.

Who dumped that old ute? Or the couch and the mattress? Whoever the culprits are, they can visit the Museum of Old and New Art, where their discarded junk has inspired an artwork made from sand.

Residents in one state have captured startling photos showing apocalyptic scenes as they confront a complex web of bushfires.

Tasmanians are being urged to leave their homes and towns, monitor conditions and prepare to take shelter as a complex web of bushfires burn across the state’s west coast, with one resident describing ...