An impressive dust storm turned day into night late yesterday afternoon at Mildura in north-western Victoria as a huge red cloud swept through the area.

The Bureau of Meteorology captured the storm via webcam as it passed over the Mildura Airport at about 5pm yesterday afternoon, drastically reducing visibility as conditions deteriorated.

Preston woman Lisa Guarnaccia was driving to Mildura when she got caught in the dust storm, describing the scene as “very apocalyptic and very scary”.

The rising population of middle-aged men in Lycra has led to a spike in hospitalisations and a doubling in the number of deaths for cyclists aged over 45.

The study by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare showed the number of cyclists aged 45 and over taken to hospital grew by nearly 500 per cent from 728 to over 4000, more than a third of all cycling incidents.

Labor’s member of Parliament for Griffith Terri Butler has been accused of snubbing a debate last night.

The debate, held in West End, was the only one organised for the electorate in the lead-up to this election.

Missing were also the members for the LNP, One Nation and Palmer’s United Australia Party.

Looking across the nation, ABC’s online Vote Compass polling tool has found almost 90 per cent of participants are in favour of voluntary euthanasia.

The population in support of assisted dying for people with terminally ill conditions included voters of the Labour party, the Coalition, the Greens and One Nation.

The survey has received over 450,000 responses so far.

In local news, a man is fighting for his life in the Princess Alexandra Hospital after he fell off an electric scooter and suffered a heart attack in South Bank Parklands overnight.

Multiple ambulance crews rushed to the scene after midnight where the man, who is in his 50s, was revived after falling and hitting his head before going into cardiac arrest.

It could be years before Brisbane sees driverless vehicles on its streets after current trials experienced malfunctions on motorways.

Over the two-month trial run by road operator Transurban, the automated vehicles exhibited difficulty following some temporary white lines, and also drove into emergency stopping bays and were confused by scuff marks on the roads.

The financial viability of Gold Coast’s proposed $450 million cruise ship terminal is being questioned by the city’s councillors and community groups after a confidential Queensland Government report reveals the size of the project would have to be bigger than planned.

The commissioned report was produced last December, but was only released on Tuesday, and outlines updated plans for the 900-metre terminal jetty to more than double its width over land which means more than 300 car parks would be lost for beachgoers and 25 hectares of open space would be lost.