Map: Rainfall deciles for the World War II drought (1937 to 1945). Conditions deteriorated in 1937 over New South Wales, Victoria, much of Queensland ... Most of Australia had useful rainfall in 1968, ...

Understanding changes to bushfire ignition in Australia, including the frequency of dry lightning, is a current area of active research. There has been an increase in the number of days with dangerous ...

This hidden wonder of Australia is a stretching peninsula in the South Pacific complete with delicate reefs, tropical beaches ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred had been expected to become on Saturday the first cyclone to cross the east Australian coast near the Queensland state capital since 1974. But it weakened early Saturday to ...

Using the Queensland Cancer Register data from 1982-2018, researchers discovered that Hinchinbrook was one of four local government areas with the highest risk of death from head and neck cancer. The ...

PERTH, - In the control room of the American Virginia class attack submarine USS Minnesota, off the Western Australian coast, sonar operators adjust to the chatter of dolphins in new waters where ...

Gold Coast’s big names all stuffed the stat sheet with spearhead Ben King booting a career-best six goals, dashing defender Daniel Rioli bagging two majors from halfback on debut and the ...

Queensland need a big day three against South Australia to keep their hopes of qualifying for the Shield final alive ...

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