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News LIVE: Catastrophic conditions could force major blazes raging to merge and create "monster infernos", authorities fear, with multiple states on edge.

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News Australia's third-largest island has been left devastated after a massive bushfire tore through 150,000 hectares of land.

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News Facing renewed criticism over his response to the bushfire crisis, Scott Morrison went on TV last night – where he faced some blunt questions.

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Environment Thousands of Australians fleeing the bushfires are on the “highway from hell”, exhausted, hungry and enduring bumper to bumper traffic.

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Entertainment Industry sources have reported Karl Stefanovic will return to the Today Show even earlier than predicted.

News Eight outstanding candidates are in the running for Senior Australian of the Year.

Movies Before Harrison Ford landed the role, another star auditioned for Steven Spielberg and George Lucas – and it couldn’t have gone worse.

News A brave 19-year-old has captured the moments she attempted to save her home from a ferocious blaze, using nothing but a small hose.

Celebrity Ricky Gervais has confessed there’s one Hollywood celeb he wishes he hadn’t insulted on stage at the 2011 Golden Globes.

News Horror conditions in the coming hours could cause major bushfires in NSW and Victoria to "suck each other in" and merge into one giant fire.

Pets & Animals Vets now have a job of euthanising as hundreds of thousands of animals suffer from the bushfires, with entire species also under threat.

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News Constance said Prime Minister Scott Morrison got "the welcome he deserved" when he was heckled and snubbed by RFS volunteers and south coast locals.

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Environment Furious locals in the bushfire-hit town of Cobargo, where two men died and the main street razed, have taken aim at the PM as he visited the area.

Environment New South Wales has been plunged back into a state of emergency, but what does that actually mean?

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Environment These are the Aussies lost in the bushfires who perished while protecting communities, trying to defend their homes and fleeing raging infernos.

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Environment As the country is overcome by grief and political division, the one constant has been the respect and adoration towards the brave firefighters.

Health There are fears the deadly, dreaded SARS virus has returned after 30 people were struck down by a mysterious flu in China.

Environment The weak will be given priority for evacuation from the stricken town of Mallacoota while others must make a desperate bushfire choice.

News The dad of one of the White island victims has said his son’s recovery has been “bloody amazing” despite the huge injuries to the teen’s skin.

Opinion Scott Morrison should look to the example of his counterpart from New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, when it comes to leadership, writes Sam Clench.

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