Oceania Australia Record rains are provoking floods in Kimberly and Canberra, while Fitzroy River flows breaks the records of 2022; evacuation operations are being performed from homes, hospitals and public buildings, with incessant use of helicopters
Oceania Australia As the debate over gambling regulation continues, a new proposal seeks to limit children's access to games with gambling-like elements
Oceania Australia Blake Johnston shredded the world record for the longest surfing session, bringing it to 40 hours from previous 30’ 11’’ to raise over AUS $200,000 for the Chumpy Pullin Foundation and Youth Mental Health
Oceania Australia A new heat wave is forecasted, with temperatures rising up to 40C in some parts of the Pilbara in WA, down to the SA coastline and into inland NSW; four consecutive days of 40C temperatures haven't been reported so far into autumn in over 150 years
Oceania Australia Adelaide city recorded the highest percentage of statues of women, with 6 out of 33 (18%), according to a survey on capital cities in 2021 by A Monument of One's Own, a non-profit organisation campaigning for equality in statues