Warnings have been issued for Townsville as North Queensland has seen almost 280 mm of rain overnight, taking the local council by surprise.

SES volunteers worked throughout the night responding to sand-bagging and roof tarping requests, with two people needing to be rescued from a car that became stranded in fast-moving floodwaters.

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth has had a lasting impact on QLD’s coastline, with large swells buffeting Bribie Island’s northern tip, splitting the island in two. 

High tides and huge seas that were driven by the ex-tropical cyclone carved a passage through the northern end of the island with an opening that is now 300 metres wide. 

Brisbane house prices have hit a record median high of almost $795k, with interstate buyers pushing the steepest rise in 18 years. 

House prices have skyrocketed by 10.7% over the three months to December, the highest in nearly 2 decades. 

A national plan to halve the road toll by 2030 will be sent back to state and territory governments to revise, following experts claiming that it would fail to reduce road deaths and could be vulnerable to exploitation for pork-barrelling.

Neil Young has demanded Spotify remove his music catalogue from the platform until controversial podcaster and vaccine conspiracy theorist Joe Rogan is removed from the platform saying ‘they can have Rogan or Young. Not Both.’

Liberal US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire later this year after nearly three decades on the bench, giving President Biden an opportunity to nominate a successor who could serve for decades. 

The 83-year old’s replacement, who would serve for life, would not shift the court’s current 6-3 conservative majority. 

Premier Annastascia Palaszczuk has dismissed protest action driven by conspiracy theorists against her government’s response to the pandemic as QLD begins to see COVID hospitalisations decrease in the state. 

Paluszcuk, who was in Townsville for Australia Day events, was told in a press conference of a group of protesters calling for her arrest at Townsville Police Station and the Seizure of vaccine supplies.

Two universities have gone above and beyond current COVID Vaccine mandates, requiring students to be vaccinated for in-person learning to commence next month. 

The University Of Queensland, the state’s largest tertiary institution, and Griffith University are both requiring students to be fully vaccinated for face-to-face learning by the 14th and 18th of February respectively.