Australia news live: Victorian bushfires expected to burn for weeks; chair of Adelaide festival board resigns
Tracey Whiting confirmed her decision to resign on Sunday evening. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWelcome to the Australia live news blog for Monday 12 January.Major Victorian bushfires that have left at least one person dead and hundreds of...
<p>Tracey Whiting confirmed her decision to resign on Sunday evening. Follow the latest updates live</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Welcome to the Australia live news blog for Monday 12 January.</p><p>Major Victorian bushfires that have <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/11/weve-got-your-back-australian-pm-visits-bushfire-ravaged-towns-as-300-structures-destroyed-and-350000-hectares-burned">left at least one person dead</a> and hundreds of structures destroyed are expected to burn for weeks, including the Longwood blaze in the state’s north. Cooler conditions could offer some relief to firefighting efforts, but for many small communities, the damage has already been done. More soon.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jan/12/victoria-bushfires-adelaide-festival-writers-week-board-chair-resigns-anthony-albanese-labor-sussan-ley-coalition-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>
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