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At Darwin Ap

17:30 CST

Today

33°C

Tonight

28°C

Sunny

sunny

Weather News

Heatwave grips Queensland as Roma and Brisbane suffer an unending run of scorchers

18:20 EDT

Severe heatwave conditions along the length of the Queensland coast have brought a record-breaking run of high temperatures to the southern inland town of Roma and unrelenting searing weather to Brisbane.

Fire, floods, dust and snow — how is this all happening at the same time?

18:11 EDT

There are fires in NSW, a heatwave in south-east Queensland, the dust is still settling on Sydney and Canberra, and it snowed in Tasmania overnight.

Townsville rental prices skyrocket after flooding crisis, families struggle to find homes

17:28 EDT

Some home rentals in Townsville are going for more than double their normal asking price as locals fight it out for rapidly dwindling housing stock.