BoM issues heatwave warning for SA, NSW, Victoria and Tasmania, with temperatures set to reach the 40s in some parts of the country on Sunday

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All eyes are on a bushfire in Victoria that has been raging for weeks as southern Australia swelters through a three-day heatwave.

Hot conditions are expected to continue on Sunday from central Australia to the south-east, with pockets in Victoria’s east and New South Wales’s south-east to experience severe conditions until late Sunday.

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