1. Smoke blankets Melbourne, NSW on fire alert as Queensland braces for cyclone  The Australian
  2. Evacuations ordered as out-of-control fires burn in Victoria’s Otways  Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  3. Devastation as 130 buildings destroyed, crops razed and livestock lost  The Age
  4. Towns obliterated in fire, sad toll revealed  News.com.au
  5. The official temperature was 42 degrees – but western Sydney felt as hot as 55 degrees  The Sydney Morning Herald