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Sydney to swelter through Sunday before cold front brings relief

Sydney has been staring down the barrel of its hottest March day as it swelters through a weekend heatwave but a cold front sweeping through southern Australia is expected to bring relief later on Sunday.

That means we will see temperatures soaring into the mid-to-high 30s inland, even pushing 40C through western parts of the state.

We’ll see temperatures reaching the mid-to-high 30s, including the Illawarra, the Hunter and in Sydney, the temperature will reach 37C in the city and 37C-to-38C in Western Sydney.

It is the right thing to do and it is in Australia’s national interest. Because what happens in the Euro-Atlantic has serious implications for our region – the Indo-Pacific – and vice versa.

This is a struggle not just for the people of Ukraine and their national sovereignty. This is a struggle for the international rule of law.

President Putin’s regime has imperialist designs, for Ukraine and beyond.