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With bushfires burning around Australia, will the first grand slam of the decade be affected? (Daniel Pockett/Getty)

Will bushfires affect Australian Open tennis?

Here are the implications the Australian fires might have on tennis players as they gear up for the first grand slam of the new decade

Bushfire smoke still emerges in Australia despite the country claiming they have it under control. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

Australian ‘megablaze’ brought under control

Exhausted firefighters said they had finally brought Australia’s largest “megablaze” under control Monday, as wet weather promised to deliver much-needed respite for countryside…

Australia’s fires give us a glimpse of what’s coming

The government is reaffirming its commitment to coal. But as the crisis deepens, climate barbarism is no longer an option

Firestorms tend to produce very little rain

Firestorms: How Australia’s bushfires created their own weather

During Victoria’s Black Saturday bushfires in 2009, lightning strikes caused new fires up to 100 kilometres away from the original blaze

Firefighters have managed to control some of the fires in Australia.

Fire-hit Australia gets $1.4bn recovery fund as troops deployed

Firefighters joined by fresh teams from the US and Canada were taking advantage of rainy and cooler conditions to tackle out-of-control blazes

High-rise buildings are seen through smoke from bushfires during sunset in Sydney, Australia. (Reuters/Stephen Coates)

Australians trapped by bushfires told ‘too late to leave’

Authorities told residents in fire-stricken regions to seek shelter, warning they had no time to escape before their communities were engulfed

Clarke pulls out of T20 Champions League

Australian Michael Clarke has pulled out of the New South Wales team to play at the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 tournament in India next month