What weather will Santa deliver for Christmas Day?

Antonio Guterres says the “naive optimism” of the Glasgow talks is colliding with a failure to deal with climate, as scientists grapple with global heat waves.

A "strangely warm southerly" is sweeping across Sydney today with little relief from the heat at beaches in NSW and Queensland because of Cyclone Winston causing large, dangerous and powerful surf.

Parts of Canberra have received more than the city's June average rainfall in less than two days with more rain on the way.

This weekend is set to be another warm, muggy one - and next weekend may be much the same.