NASA’s one-way mission to deflect an asteroid is planned to blast off tonight. 

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test is set to begin  its 10-month journey to nudge a space rock out of its orbit.

The mission will be the first time NASA has trailed the ‘kinetic impact’ technique. 

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 warned that storm cells moving about parts of the south-east could bring further rainfall and flash flooding for the rest of the week. 

Central Queensland is set to hit 100,000 COVID vaccination doses today as the region continues to get ready for the state’s borders to open. 

This news follows a gathering in Yeppoon last week, in which central Queensland small business owners expressed their concerns over the state’s impending tough COVID-19 restrictions for unvaccinated people. 

The Greens have revealed a plan to make gender-affirming healthcare free under medicare.

The plan proposed yesterday involved investing $15 million annually to cover the out-of-pocket costs experienced by trans and gender diverse people in assessing gender-affirming healthcare. 

A series of explosions have torn through a munitions factory in Belgrade overnight, killing at least two workers and injuring at least 16.

The warehouse containing 500 rockets and 30 kilograms of explosives was completely destroyed by the explosion,  leaving a crater in the ground. 

Meteorologist Jonathan How says parts of Brisbane saw rainfall exceed100 millimetres yesterday. 

The wet weather is set to worsen from tomorrow with the worst to be seen at the end of the week. 

Authorities are urging Queenslanders to avoid flooded areas.

Brisbane activists will rally outside the CBD watchhouse at 4pm tomorrow in solidarity with a New South Wales climate activist sentenced to 12 months in prison.

Eric Herbert was sentenced at the Newcastle local court this morning for his role in disrupting a coal project in the Hunter region.

Tasmanian Independent senator Jacqui Lambie has criticised Pauline Hansen’s bill to scrap vaccine mandates in an impassioned speech. 

During the debate yesterday, Senator Lambie spoke against ending the vaccine mandates saying it was not discriminatory to have separate rules for the vaccinated and unvaccinated.