News.com.au Record‑breaking scorcher pushes Victorian towns among hottest places on Earth 8 months ago The News Room A record‑breaking heatwave pushed Victorian Mallee towns among the hottest places on Earth, with temperatures near 50C straining the power network and prompting health warnings as residents sought relief. Post navigation Previous Congresswoman Ilhan Omar sprayed with unknown liquid during anti-ICE remarksNext ‘Made ourselves the laughing stock of the world’: Brexit referendum and more which defined 2016