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The central Queensland city of Rockhampton prepares for its most severe flooding in more than six decades, with floodwaters expected to rise rapidly throughout the day and the Fitzroy River to hit a level of 8.5 metres.

A Sunshine Coast man is shaken but unharmed after a shark bit off the back of his kayak in Moreton Bay, causing it to sink more than eight kilometres from shore.

A 18-month-old from South Australia's Murraylands dies in Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital from a suspected case of meningococcal.

Richard Morecroft has one of the most recognisable voices and faces on television in New South Wales, but the past 15 years have seen him living in bushland and working in a different way.

The hunt to uncover a reported secret military bunker at Port Stephens in New South Wales is underway.

A Top End fashion label smashes its fundraising target and hopes to create work and opportunities in remote communities.

Tour boats are back on the water in the Whitsunday Islands and businesses in Airlie Beach are working around the clock to get up and running less than a week after Cyclone Debbie unleashed its fury on north-east Queensland.

The post Debbie clean up is also continuing in several towns across northern New South Wales. In Lismore, light rain is falling intermittently. Residents and business owners are returning to their homes and properties as officials give them the 'all clear'.

Most people know that Walter Burley Griffin designed the original plan for Canberra but much of his plan was never realised.

The central Queensland city of Rockhampton is preparing for its worst flood in 60 years. Three thousand homes are under threat over the next few days, with the Fitzroy River tipped to peak past nine metres. In south-east Queensland, floodwaters are mostly starting to recede, only to reveal the damage done to hundreds of homes.

New South Wales residents living near a site contaminated with chemicals from fire-fighting foam say they're angry they've been excluded from a summit in Melbourne. The meeting is being hosted by the Victorian Environment Protection Authority and is bringing together authorities from across Australia along with experts from the United States, Germany and New Zealand.

As the water surged in, the terrified residents of one NSW town had to act quickly to surviveand their stories are incredible.

Brisbane Roar have fought back from a goal down to hammer the Central Coast Mariners 5-1 in the A-League, courtesy of a Jamie Maclaren hat-trick.

Kieran Foran is back in the NRL and already he's promising to be the steadying influence the Warriors have been yearning for after a try-scoring debut in a 28-22 win over the Titans.

The chair of the Northern Territory's independent review into fracking saying she is looking for an economic expert to model the impact on jobs and the economy if the moratorium on fracking is lifted.

The 10-man Melbourne Victory slump to their first home loss in more than a year as Roly Bonevacia scores twice in the Wellington Phoenix's 3-0 win at AAMI Park.

A father and son from Murwillumbah team together to save a neighbour's horse from drowning, nursing the animal through the night in freezing floodwaters.

The Crusaders have consigned the NSW Waratahs to their fourth loss of the season with a 41-22 Super Rugby win in Sydney.

The NSW SES clears residents to return to the sodden city of Lismore as floodwaters recede, revealing a soggy, muddy mess across the state's north.

The Sunshine Coast Lightning record a crushing Super Netball win over the Queensland Firebirds thanks to Caitlin Bassett's near-perfect shooting display.

For one weekend only, children in Alice Springs try their hands at construction, using drills and other tools to make their very own space station.

Trucks will be banned from using key suburban streets in Melbourne's inner west when the Western Distributor road project opens in 2022, the State Government says.

Former Auburn deputy mayor Salim Mehajer is charged over the alleged assault of a taxi driver and stealing an EFTPOS machine in Sydney overnight.

High-tech tools, like humanoid robots and virtual reality are transforming the lives of people living in Australian dementia care facilities.

The NSW SES clears residents to return to the sodden city of Lismore as floodwaters recede, revealing a soggy, muddy mess across the state's north.

WA Premier Mark McGowan says the Government will attempt to renegotiate the $54 million stadium footbridge contract in a bid to have the steel decking made in WA.

A man who dived into large swell to save his friend is still missing near Denmark in Western Australia's south.

Residents in flood-ravaged areas of Loganmany who are still without powerare surveying the damage after the river peaks at levels not seen since 1974.

A man who was under police guard in hospital is charged with crashing into several vehicles in Melbourne's CBD overnight.

Red blooms blossom all year round in a garden dedicated to those who have died of AIDS at Canberra's National Arboretum.

A public siren system may be installed in Melbourne's CBD to warn the public of impending terror attacks or other potential threats, Premier Daniel Andrews says, in the wake of the deadly Bourke Street rampage in January.

An unusually damp wet season in WA's north is testing the resilience of communities, including a team of researchers at a wildlife sanctuary who say they have "A1 cabin fever" after being trapped together on a patch of land just 300 metres long since Christmas.

Save those filleted remains from King George whiting, as scientists are keen to study them to help protect South Australian spawning areas.

A teenager is dead after the car he was in smashed into an airport shuttle bus, believed to have occurred after a police pursuit through Perth overnight.

Images show the mammoth task ahead for flood-affected residents as the clean-up begins after days of devastation which spread across Queensland and New South Wales.

Dust wafts over an Adelaide Hills site as tonnes of granite and marble are transformed into public artworks by talented young sculptors.

As the daunting flood clean-up begins in northern NSW, Joanne Houriganan uninsured single mother from Lismoreprovides a poignant reminder about the devastation.

Authorities are doorknocking residents in Rockhampton in central Queensland, warning them to leave low-lying areas ahead of a potentially record-breaking flood this week.

Residents in flood-ravaged areas of Loganmany who are still without powerare starting to survey the damage after the river peaks at levels not seen since 1974.

A man is under police guard in hospital after crashing his car into several other vehicles in Melbourne's CBD overnight after being pulled over.

The South Australian coroner launches a scathing critique of the troubled electronic patient record system, saying its faults may prevent him from establishing the truth in a case he is investigating.