A surf lifesaver supervises swimmers at Sydney's Bondi Beach on February 11, 2017. Much of Australia is experiencing a heatwave with the New South Wales weather bureau is predicting that February 11 could become the hottest February day on record for the state.
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Sydney has endured its hottest temperature in nearly 80 years, according to Australian meteorologists. CNN's Derek Van Dam has the details.
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A surf lifesaver supervises swimmers at Sydney's Bondi Beach on February 11, 2017. Much of Australia is experiencing a heatwave with the New South Wales weather bureau is predicting that February 11 could become the hottest February day on record for the state.
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This photo illustration shows a strawberry on a fork at a restaurant in Sydney on September 19, 2018. - The tainting of supermarket strawberries with sewing needles is comparable to "terrorism", Australia's prime minister said, as he demanded tougher sentencing in response to a nationwide scare. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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A white SUV (L) sits in the middle of the road as police and emergency personnel work at the scene of where a car ran over pedestrians in Flinders Street in Melbourne on December 21, 2017. The car ploughed into a crowd in Australia's second-largest city on December 21, injuring at least a dozen people, some of them seriously, officials said. / AFP PHOTO / Mark Peterson (Photo credit should read MARK PETERSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 15: People in the crowd celebrate as the result is announced during the Official Melbourne Postal Survey Result Announcement at the State Library of Victoria on November 15, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. Australians have voted for marriage laws to be changed to allow same-sex marriage, with the Yes vote defeating No. Despite the Yes victory, the outcome of Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey is not binding, and the process to change current laws will move to the Australian Parliament in Canberra. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
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North Sydney federal Liberal MP Trent Zimmerman celebrates with the rainbow flag after parliament passed the same-sex marriage bill in the Federal Parliament in Canberra on December 7, 2017. Gay couples will be able to legally marry in Australia after a same-sex marriage bill sailed through parliament on December 7, ending decades of political wrangling. / AFP PHOTO / SEAN DAVEY
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