Australia bracing for heatwave amid bushfires

From Morning Report, 8:37 am on 17 December 2019

Temperatures in Australia are expected to soar this week as fires continue to plague the country.

Forty degrees is expected in South Australia over the next few days, as well as for large parts of inland New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland later in the week.

Bush fires are burning in New South Wales, West Australia and Queensland.

RNZ's correspondent in Sydney is Gabrielle Boyle from Channel 9 news.