Eight people have died and up to three people are missing in Queensland's "fast and furious" floods, which have damaged thousands of homes and businesses, after one year's worth of rain fell on parts of the southeast.
Hundreds of people are evacuating to higher ground amid widespread and "unpredictable" flooding which has already killed five people in southeast Queensland.
A man and woman in their 20s have been charged today over a series of alleged armed robberies, after an operation between the NSW Police Force and Queensland Police Service overnight.
Details of Queensland's back to school plan have been released just over a week before classes return, as the state records 13 virus deaths and 8580 new cases.
A 52-year-old man has become the second person killed in Queensland floods triggered after the remnants of Cyclone Seth drenched the Wide Bay-Burnett region.
