Today
Wildfire menaces Athens suburbs, forcing residents to flee
Hundreds have fled as flames as high as 25 metres spread in to the Greek capital’s suburbs, fuelled by gale-force winds.
- Angelos Tsatsis and Renee Maltezou
June
IAG says premium pressure easing as shares soar on profits
Shares in IAG jumped on Friday as the insurance giant announced that earnings were likely to come in at the top of forecasts.
- Liam Walsh and James Eyers
Flood alert for some WA regions as eastern Australia shivers
Cold and frosty mornings are expected for much of eastern Australia this week while there are flood warnings for parts of WA.
- Abe Maddison
May
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- AGM season
QBE pumps up Australian premiums, but squeeze slows
QBE revealed growth in all commercial markets at its AGM, including in Australia, where premiums increased by 11 per cent.
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- Liam Walsh
April
Sydney drivers warned to avoid roads as dangerous storm hits
Residents of Sydney and surrounding areas are being urged to stay indoors as damaging winds and heavy rain sweep through, causing life-threatening flash flooding.
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- Jack Gramenz and Luke Costin
March
How the BOM’s big dry weather forecast cost millions
Farmers and other weather-dependent businesses are lamenting the financial costs due to the Bureau of Meteorology’s big dry warning that turned out to be wrong.
- John Kehoe
‘No immediate danger’: Festivals cancelled as south-eastern states swelter
Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and NSW are experiencing the worst forecast heatwave of the year, throwing festivals and major events into chaos.
- Patrick Durkin
Festivals and events cancelled as southeast swelters
Heatwave conditions are forecast for South Australia, Victoria, NSW and Tasmania from Saturday to Monday.
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- Cassandra Morgan and Neve Brissenden
February
Scramble to set up camp ahead of extreme fire danger
The Wimmera region is slated to have catastrophic fire danger on Wednesday, while extreme fire danger is predicted for five of Victoria’s nine weather districts.
- Callum Godde and Cassandra Morgan
Firefighters battle ‘potentially catastrophic’ breakdowns in Vic blaze
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has thanked Victorian firefighters as another blaze ripped through the state’s west, forcing thousands to evacuate.
- Gus McCubbing
Businesses suffer as Victoria outage blame game erupts
Pramod Patel turfed more than $20,000 worth of stock after his Victorian grocery store lost power for four days, but the political blame game rages on.
- Gus McCubbing
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- Airports
Airlines face more scrutiny on Sydney Airport flight cancellations
The Albanese government is proposing audits of landing and take off slots at the country’s busiest airport as part of a crackdown on anticompetitive behaviour.
- Jenny Wiggins, Ayesha de Kretser and Maxim Shanahan
How far would you push it to make your mark?
Perth-born Jacobus Capone is willing to clamber over glaciers in the Arctic Circle or bury himself for weeks in a Japanese forest to make art. Only, he wouldn’t call it art.
- John McDonald
More than 3000 still without power a week after Victoria storms
Premier Jacinta Allan says her government will review last week’s mass outages which saw 530,000 homes and businesses lose power.
- Gus McCubbing
Victoria’s mass outage boosts call to bury power lines
Energy expert Tony Wood says Victoria’s mass outage this week due to wild weather means underground transmission lines are worth considering.
- Gus McCubbing
Blackout sparks calls to harden energy grid
Business is questioning Victoria’s move away from gas while farmers accuse the state of a lack of planning, a day after wild storms took down power lines.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith, Gus McCubbing and Ben Potter
Power tariffs may not drop as much as hoped
Cash-strapped households can expect only a modest fall in electricity tariffs from July 1, analysts are warning.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Chile’s fires sweep into urban areas killing scores
Firefighters are struggling to contain forest fires in the centre and south of the country caused by El Niño weather patterns.
- Alexandre Plaza and Patricia Luna
January
Locals ‘traumatised’ as more heavy rain hits Queensland
Queensland’s south-east has again been saturated by heavy rainfall, causing flash flooding in areas still reeling from severe weather last month.
- Keira Jenkins
Clean-up from Kirrily begins following ‘tense’ evening
No lives have been lost in the cyclone and 65,000 homes and businesses across the region remain without power.
- Fraser Barton and Keira Jenkins
