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Snow dumps on Aussie alps with more on the way

16:15 EST Australia's ski resorts has received a healthy dump of snow over the past 24 hours, with more on the way.
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Chilly nights for southeast QLD

12:13 EST Last night would have come as a bit of a shock to some southeast Queensland residents as the temperature plummeted to its lowest in over a month for many places.
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Small tornado rips up roofs, uproots trees in South Australia town of Kingston

12:04 EST The clean-up will continue today after a storm, described as a "small-scale tornado", ripped up roofs in Kingston, in south-east South Australia.
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Cold front crosses the south

11:38 EST A cold front has swept through the southern states bringing damaging winds and the heaviest August rain in over a decade for some places.
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Land of the long wet cloud

15:12 EST A wet and windy low pressure system originating from the sub-tropics is set to bring a final burst of rain over the weekend before progressing east away from New Zealand.
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Brissy's cracking weekend weather

10:09 EST The weekend is off to a cracking start in Brisbane, with plenty of sunshine and warmth to enjoy outdoors.
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Secondary cold front to batter VIC

17:48 EST Another cold front is on the way for Victoria tomorrow, bringing a secondary burst of rain, wind and isolated thunderstorms.
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Queensland to better plan for disasters

15:30 EST The plans for how disasters should be tackled in 96 places and districts across across Queensland will go under the microscope over the next couple of months.
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Holistic farming guru visits Australia.

15:25 EST World renowned environmentalist and educator, Allan Savory says under-grazing is one of the key reasons for desertification across the world's grasslands, which cover 60 per cent of the planet.
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Rain lifts grain crop hopes

14:45 EST Consecutive months of good rainfall have boosted hopes for a big grain harvest in central Victoria this summer.
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Big month for Australia's cattle markets

14:34 EST Yardings in cattle markets in July across Australia were 29 per cent higher than in June.
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Irrigator says water release not enough for Murray mouth

14:28 EST In what has been described as "another drink for the Murray-Darling Basin", Federal Water Minister Mark Butler yesterday announced the release yesterday of 300 billion litres - or 300 gigalitres - of Commonwealth environmental water into the Murray system.
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Climate researchers say an early spring in Sydney is warning sign

12:27 EST Climate researchers say signs of an early spring are a disturbing reminder of global warming.
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Wild winds and blizzards for Aussie alps

12:12 EST A series of cold fronts and a tight pressure gradient is generating intense winds in the Australian alps, with blizzard conditions likely to develop later today.
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A cool, wet and gusty weekend for Adelaide

12:12 EST As people got up for work this morning in Adelaide, change was in the air.
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Wimmera-Mallee records hotter July

12:01 EST New data from the weather bureau shows hotter than average days last month in Victoria's Wimmera-Mallee.
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A-G praises volunteers' flood recovery efforts

11:27 EST Queensland Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie has thanked more than 1,000 Bundaberg volunteers for their efforts during ex-tropical Cyclone Oswald.
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Australia's still heating up in 2013

10:27 EST This year has already seen very warm conditions in NSW and a warm July - about 1 degrees above the long-term norm.
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Council to muster Gympie flood levee support

09:56 EST The Gympie Regional Council says it will immediately start pushing its case for a flood levee in the Wide Bay-Burnett city.
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Tasmanians swap slippers for ice cream as winter warms up

08:08 EST Ice cream sales are up and ugg boot sales down in Tasmania this winter, with Hobart recording its hottest July on record.
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Blustery change on the way for VIC

18:12 EST A cold front is set to sweep across Victoria on Friday, bringing rain, strong winds, thunderstorms and snow to the ranges.
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Canberra sets new July record

17:47 EST Like many other places in southeastern Australia, Canberra saw an unseasonably warm July, particularly during the day, experiencing its warmest July on record.
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Volunteers thanked for keeping Bundaberg afloat

14:44 EST The Attorney-General visited Bundaberg today to thank some of volunteers who helped when floodwaters swept through the city and the Burnett region six months ago.
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Hobart's warmest July on record

12:37 EST Many are wondering what happened to winter in Hobart, but there is still some cold on the way.
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Farm Finance loans not for everyone

12:21 EST Queensland landholders are being told they have to find commercial backers if they are not eligible for the Federal Government's farm finance loans.
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Nearly 50pc of Qld drought declared, Agriculture Minister John McVeigh says

07:22 EST The Queensland Government has added another shire to the drought declared list, taking it to almost 50 per cent of the state.
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Melbourne records its hottest July on record

16:40 EST After an exceptionally cold start to the day, Melbourne has recorded its warmest July since records began 160 years ago.
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Adelaide enjoys mid-winter break

16:11 EST Adelaide has just had its warmest July in 38 years, thanks to nights being particularly warm.
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Gympie council approves flood levee plans

13:50 EST The Gympie Regional Council in south-east Queensland has given the green light to a proposed flood levee to protect the city from future floods.
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Thundery rumbles for NSW

13:25 EST Thunderstorms rumbled along the southern NSW coast on Tuesday night, with places seeing their heaviest rain in many months.
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Nearly 50 per cent of Queensland drought declared

12:28 EST Quilpie Shire in south-west Queensland has been added to the long list of drought-stricken council areas.
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Dams dry as drought takes hold

11:02 EST Graziers in north Queensland are resorting to desperate measures to find any available water on their drought-stricken properties.
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Shanghai endures hottest July in 140 years

20:42 EST Shanghai has endured its hottest July in 140 years, as a heat wave continues to blanket much of China.
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Melbourne's warm wake up call

17:31 EST If you, like me, live in the city then you will be dependant on being woken up by an alarm clock.
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Flood texts for river residents

13:02 EST Water provider SunWater is inviting people who live less than 10 kilometres downstream of a dam to sign up and receive text message, landline telephone or email notifications during a flood event.
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Mayor pushes for joint federal-state flood levee funds

11:37 EST Rockhampton Mayor Margaret Strelow says she is confident of getting federal and state funding for a seven-kilometre levee on the city's southside.
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Report recommends $23m flood levee

10:31 EST Gympie Regional Council will receive a report tomorrow detailing options for flood mitigation.
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Sydney's glorious July

18:24 EST Residents in the Harbour City have been robbed of winter just as the Grinch stole Christmas.
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Fisherman says saline degradation still present

15:14 EST Gary Hera-Singh is a fifth-generation commercial fisherman on the Coorong and Lower Lakes of South Australia.
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Flood-hit van park wins tourism gong

14:14 EST A caravan park near Mildura affected by floods in December 2010 has won an Inland New South Wales Tourism Award.
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Spring-like warmth in NSW

13:04 EST Spring seems to have arrived early in New South Wales with parts of the state possibly seeing their warmest July days in years.
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Portable flood gauges promise better protection

11:25 EST New portable flood gauges are being used to provide faster information for flood victims and emergency services across Victoria.
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Drought takes toll on mines

10:28 EST The drought in north-west Queensland is beginning to take its toll on the resources industry.
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Wild wind in the Snowys

18:34 EST Gale force gusts are likely to continue overnight and into Monday for the Snowy Mountains.
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Showers and strong winds whisk across VIC

15:23 EST The last day of the weekend is bringing blustery showers across the state and damaging winds in the east.
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Gloomy, yet mild July for Brisbane

10:08 EST Brisbane has been unusually wet and cloudy this July, but at least the nights have been warm.
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Dry July for Sydneysiders

14:24 EST After a very wet June, Sydneysiders are wondering where all the rain went, with the city facing its driest July in over a decade.
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Frosty start to the weekend for NSW

10:56 EST For large parts of NSW it's been a mild winter so far, however some towns have just shivered through their coldest morning of the year.
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SES leaders gather in Tamworth

23:32 EST Around 40 volunteers from the Namoi State Emergency Service are gathering in Tamworth this weekend for an SES leaders conference.
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Intense low battering WA

15:19 EST An intense low pressure system south of Western Australia is producing heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds over western parts of the state, with even worse conditions to come.
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Snow dumps on Aussie alps with more on the way

16:15 EST Australia's ski resorts has received a healthy dump of snow over the past 24 hours, with more on the way.