A Winter Dose of Dorin
Winter's back and as we face months of freezing weather, cartoonist PAUL DORIN – as always – sees the funny side.
Weather
The worst is yet to come for millions as a storm of rare power lashes Australia's west coast, leaving thousands without power.
Severe weather has battered Australia's eastern seaboard, with huge rainfall totals recorded in multiple states triggering flash flooding.
A state has been warned climate change-linked weather hazards endanger almost a fifth of the value of major infrastructure assets.
Weather
Storm season ends after 800 SES callouts across ACT
The storm season has officially ended, with emergency crews responding to more than 800 incidents across the ACT since late 2025.
Update
Residents warned Narelle clean-up to take weeks
The damage brought by Tropical Cyclone Narelle in the worst-hit areas is still being assessed but recovery will not be swift.
Weather
‘Too late to leave’: cyclone weakens but hazards remain
Residents in the firing line of a destructive ex-tropical cyclone have been warned to remain vigilant, with damaging winds and heavy rain still to come.
Eastern states have been lashed with heavy rain and strong winds as skiers rejoice after fresh snow lands the first powder of the season.
Top End locals are anxiously watching river levels as ex-tropical cyclone Narelle moves west, triggering flood warnings in Western Australia's Kimberley region.
Tropical Cyclone Narelle has crossed into its second Australia jurisdiction, bring with it the threat of further flooding for sodden communities.
Remote Top End residents are bracing for destructive winds, heavy rain and flash flooding as a major cyclone approaches its second landfall.
Tropical Cyclone Narelle is lashing Australia's far north, with residents told to shelter in place as the powerful storm batters the flood-ravaged region.
A remote community is bracing for the biggest cyclone to hit the region in more than a century, seven years after a category four storm devastated the town.
A flood-hit region is on high alert after a monster system hurtling toward northern Australia intensifies, with Cyclone Narelle upgraded to category five.
A flood-hit region is bracing for more destruction after being warned one of the biggest cyclones in living memory is set to hit northern Australia.
Australia is seesawing between floods and fires with increasing frequency, leaving a trail of ecosystem stress, property damage and strained council budgets.
Two bodies have been found in the search for tourists who went missing in a rain-hit region, devastating the local community as they recover from flooding.
Residents have been airlifted to safety as rising floodwaters surge across Australia's Top End fed by heavy rain.
An unusually long-lasted and destructive weather system that formed over the Australian desert is weakening as a potential cyclone looms elsewhere.
