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Firefighters continue to battle almost 30 active bushfires burning across the state, with nearly 400,000 hectares of land now blackened and hundreds of structures lost.

Myer family siblings Celia Burrell and Richard Shelmerdine are in a legal battle over her plans to build a $3 million beach house next door to his.

Readers respond to climate disasters and bushfires, the Adelaide Writers’ Week furore, and the joys of Scottish country dancing.

When the Longwood fires crept up over the rolling hills and threatened to reduce Yarck to cinders last week, Robbie Cumming’s parents decided to stay back and fight.

Eating reindeer, visiting Santa’s home in the Arctic Circle and speaking Finnish at school were all novel experiences for Marley Hines.

Police said they found human remains 100 metres from a vehicle near Yarck in central Victoria on Sunday afternoon.

Police said they found human remains 100 metres from a vehicle near Yarck in central Victoria on Sunday afternoon.

Victoria Police confirmed they found human remains in the Longwood bushfire area.

Although there is no place in this country for hate speech, there must be room for people to express their views on politics and world events.

After destroying more than 300 buildings, Victoria’s destructive bushfires could burn for weeks despite cooler conditions around the state.

Inside the local FoodWorks store, staff guided customers through the aisles in the dark with a torch and clipboard.