The heatwave gripping Queensland is set to intensify today before a cooler change sweeps through in time for the Australia Day long weekend.

Authorities are warning residents to stay alert of changing dangerous weather conditions across the long weekend.

Comedian Wendy Harmer, as a cadet journalist at the Geelong Advertiser, would type and retype until she was delirious.

Record-breaking ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching ...