Disasters and weather · updated 30 October 2026
Disasters and weather in Australia
Disasters and weather news from Australia: 43 stories in the last two weeks, each pinned to where it happened. Updated every 5 minutes.
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- November's Night Sky Notes: Light-Day Awaynasa.gov · Canberra ·
- DFAT confirms two Australians potentially impacted by Spain rail disasterperthnow.com.au · Australia ·
- Koala Country Set To Become Open Cut Coal Minemiragenews.com · Australia ·
- Halloween 2026: Perth is pulling out all the stops to make rare Saturday Halloween one to rememberperthnow.com.au · Perth ·
- Dad's freak ladder accident left a branch lodged near his brainthatslife.com.au · Sydney ·
- Influencer Says "I Just Don't Listen Very Well" After Plane Prank Gets Him Banned From Two Airlinesboredpanda.com · Adelaide ·
- Annalese Margaret Fowler: 41-year-old could assist police with investigation into suspicious Perth hills fireperthnow.com.au · Perth Airport ·
- Vincentia bushfire: The Wool Road closed as 14 trucks respondsouthcoastregister.com.au · Ulladulla ·
- Country diary: The light and shade of autumn's shortening daysaol.co.uk · Australia ·
- Looking for your next book? Read our critics' takes on the latest releasesbrisbanetimes.com.au · Adelaide ·
- Angel's Paradise: Wagga childcare provider approval cancelleddailyadvertiser.com.au · Sydney ·
- Apple finally puts touch on the Mac: the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display arrives in Australia from A$4,599itwire.com · Sydney ·
- NITV Radio News - 30/10/2026sbs.com.au · Australia ·
- HIGH NOTES: Vaccination clinics, help after fire, coin drop for Lions Club, sale to help nonprofitsdailygazette.com · Perth ·
- Antarctic ocean current shows sudden shift in salinitydailyecho.co.uk · Melbourne ·
- I sold my home in Australia to spend my life on the world's first 'forever' cruise... now I'm stranded overseas after being ordered off the shipdailymail.com · Melbourne ·
- Seven ways to prepare your garden for the heat this summerabc.net.au · Canberra ·
- Boater rescues tired wallaby swimming more than 100m off Portlandabc.net.au · North Stradbroke Island ·
- Trent Parke's haunting black-and-white photographs explore life and mortality in German exhibitionartdaily.com · Sydney ·
- 'Felt like I was Tony Hawk': Jacob Lawrence unharmed in wild GT4 Sandown shuntspeedcafe.com · Australia ·
- Wall-riding crash halts GT4 Sandown opening practicespeedcafe.com · Australia ·
- Desperate search for man swept off car into floodwatersperthnow.com.au · Alice Springs ·
- Break-up registries: Why these new rituals are becoming a popular way to support friends after a splitwatoday.com.au · Melbourne ·
- Every Victoria Derby runner's bloodlines exploredrsn.net.au · Gilgai ·
- Race day punters set to be soaked as heavy rainfall and severe storms lash Melbourne and Sydneyperthnow.com.au · Melbourne ·
- Jamie Durie tackles housing crisis in Future Housegloucesteradvocate.com.au · Lismore ·
- Showers, Storms Forecast Across Eastern, Western Australiamiragenews.com · Melbourne ·
- Police Charge Suspect After Extended Pursuit in Melbourne's Southeastmiragenews.com · Frankston ·
- WA Tractor Museum: Jeff Thompson revives rare old tractorsfarmweekly.com.au · Mundaring ·
- 25th anniversary: Countercurrents Gave A Voice to Truth-telling Humanitarians and the Global Southcountercurrents.org · Melbourne ·
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