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No one, it seems, relishes flicking on the laptop on the first day back after the Christmas break but when are January blues really a sign of greater dissatisfaction?

It's been nearly five decades since Elvis Presley left the building but the king of rock and roll is alive and well on the streets of rural Australia.

Another scorcher is on the way, with the mercury to top 40C as an intense heatwave sparks extreme fire danger across Australia's most populous state.

Australians have been warned to prepare for scorching weather and possible bushfires as a heatwave lingers in major population centres.