Bushfires that have burnt through wilderness areas in Tasmania are now threatening trees that grow nowhere else in the world and are critical to the state's honey industry.

The monsoon trough extends across north Queensland and will linger for several days, potentially drifting northward later this weekend or early next week. A weak tropical low may form in the trough ...

A high pressure system to the south of the Bight extends a ridge to the south of Tasmania today, directing a south to southeasterly airstream over the state. The high passes slowly to the south of ...