Queensland cattle farmers are rejoicing the deluge of wet weather after years of drought, saying the weather provides some security to their cattle. 

Farmer Nina Hensley says the downpour has come at just the right time for her farm. 

The latest annual report based on the Rental Affordability Index has revealed that the cost of rent in some Queensland regions is skyrocketing, putting many Queensland households under rental stress. 

The report shows a great deterioration in affordability for any household on less than Eighty thousand dollars a year. 

The Australian Ballet opened its first show since lockdown at the Sydney Opera House this week.

While Artistic Director David Hallberg reported some hesitancy at the box office, the debut provided some optimism for the company in the oncoming season.

Individuals have called for an opioid reversal program trialled in Canberra to be rolled out across Australia after its success. 

The program run by Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy involved supplying opioid drug users with the rapid reversal medication naloxone. 

Overnight, Brisbane streets have recorded 140 millimetres of rainfall, with another 135 millimeters expected to fall over the next seven days. 

The Bureau of Meteorology has today declared that the La Nina event is well underway in the Pacific and warned that storm cells moving about parts of the south-east could bring further rainfall and flash flooding for the rest of the week. 

NSW has appointed its first female police commissioner, Karen Webb, which will be taking up the position to replace Mick Fuller. 

Karen Webb is currently the deputy commissioner of NSW, and will step up into the position after Mick Fuller’s resignation noting the job required “enormous energy”. 

Tens of thousand trans-tasman travellers have had their flight cancelled by Air New Zealand, with the Airline blaming border uncertainty for the move. 

This cancellation follows  New Zealand’s firm quarantine regime until the first quarter of next year, as Jacinda Ardern’s government attempts to restrict cases.