Wild storms bringing potentially heavy rains and damaging winds will continue to batter one Australian state, as another braces for a possible cyclone.

Aussies have been warned to brace for potential tropical cyclones as parts of the country are lashed by heavy rain, with multiple severe weather warnings in place.

Public hospitals are preparing to shut seven mental health wards across New South Wales after more than 200 public psychiatrists resigned over a lack of pay.

The storm alert is current for parts of Sydney, the Hunter ... earlier about the rain and tropical low forecast for Far North Queensland, Sky News Meteorologist Rob Sharpe said the wet weather ...

Star Entertainment has sold off a key asset as it struggles to find the cash needed to engineer a recovery from a financial bloodbath that has left the casino operator on the edge of collapse.

Bruce Lehrmann was last year committed to stand trial over allegations he raped a woman he met at a Toowoomba nightclub on a drug-fuelled night in 2021.

Fresh off her victory in the Magic Millions Fillies and Mares (1300m) on the Gold Coast, Miss Roumbini is now setting her sights on the Sydney autumn carnival. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Junior-trained mare, who has won four of her past five starts, is enjoying a well-earned break in Queensland before her campaign resumes.

Queensland residents connected to the Bellview Estate, Cassowary Heights, and north and south Millstream water supply schemes are being warned to boil their water to avoid potentially becoming sick. A boil water notice has been issued to those residents as heavy rain continues to lash northern Queensland ahead of forecast cyclones.

State of Origin 2025: Queensland legend Greg Inglis appointed assistant coach of Maroons women’s team Inglis has been appointed as an assistant to Queensland women’s coach Tahnee Norris for this year’s women’s State of Origin series.

To be skippered by Canadian/Kiwi two-time Olympian, Sharon Ferris Choat, Awen is an IMOCA Open 60 high-performance ocean racing yacht. She was launched as Ecover 2 for British sailor, Mike Golding, who participated in short-handed events such as Vendée Globes and the IMOCA Ocean Masters.

Bank of Queensland will close 16 branches in February as part of a bid to “simplify operations” and focus on digital banking, a move the financial sector union branded an “act of betrayal”.