General practitioners in Victoria will soon be able to diagnose and treat ADHD in adults and children, in a move the state ...

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A bushfire threatens communities in south-western Victoria after it escapes control lines on Saturday afternoon, as a heatwave continues to scorch the state.

At least 16 structures have been destroyed by the Carlisle River fire in Victoria's Otways, with a strong wind change late ...

Several fires have been downgraded to watch and act but authorities are still battling to control many of the blazes that have claimed one life and destroyed hundreds of structures.

Firefighters warn a wind change is likely to worsen Otways blaze, while temperature records tumble across the state.

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More than two dozen towns and localities in the Otways region were told to evacuate yesterday evening, with firefighters ...

Hundreds of images captured by an orbiting weather satellite, and stitched together by the ABC, show the scale and destructive force of the Victorian bushfires.

Firefighting conditions have improved around the fire that burnt through properties near the town of Gellibrand in Victoria's south-west, but crews warn the blaze is still not under control.

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