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Forecast high temperatures unlikely to top 10C in parts of Melbourne as south-east Australia is subject to whims of La Niña weather pattern

The tree had been cleared by late morning.

After what finally felt like summer conditions on Sunday, Melbournians stepped outside today to bitterly cold winds, showers and even some small, winter-like hail.

After a wet and unusually cool spring for much of Australia, the start of meteorological summer is bringing a heatwave to the north of the continent. Even in our La Niña summer we can expect spells of heat, and it’s important to heed health warnings and take the hot weather…

Poorly insulated Northern Territory houses that people can’t afford to cool can rise to dangerous temperatures

A Bureau of Meteorology decision to use community information officers instead of meteorologists for radio weather updates is bad for regional audiences, a senior ABC manager says.

Townsville residents are warned after a spring "nearly four times wetter than average" leaves catchments primed for flash flooding.

Farmers are furious the Bureau of Meteorology is quietly replacing expert forecasters on local radio, employing community information officers to instead provide the service.

West Australian records its second wettest spring on record, and the Kimberley has its wettest ever, yet Perth and the South West buck the trend with drier-than-average conditions.

Bureau of Meteorology said it will be a very cool start to the season, with Brisbane temperatures "struggling into the low twenties" by Thursday.

What can we learn from the worst phase of flooding in Australia's recorded history? We need to properly address some of the mistakes of the past, according to one former emergency chief.