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. 

Canada is ending their covid-19 policy of turning away asylum seekers.

Since march, Canada has turned away 544 would-be refugees as a result of increased Covid measures. 

Refugee lawyer Maureen Silcoff said it didn't make sense to allow entry to tourists while denying entry to people seeking protection. 

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has sent a letter to QLD health minister Yvette D’Ath to “raise concerns” about Queensland's testing policy, with the federal health department describing the testing as “not clinically relevant”. 

The Northern Peninsula Area estimates 80,000 visitors passed through since April, putting extreme pressure on the region's resources. 

Mayor Patricia Yusia says, “we need more influx of dollars coming into the northern peninsula area communities, to try and look at how we can address those issues.

The two Wonnarua men describe the land as “hallowed ground” of the Wonnarua people. 

Glencore has taken out an advertisement in the community paper naming the duo stating they are “seeking to stop our project”. 

Mr Franks described the advertisement as a “flat-out attack on First Nations people.”

The Kenyan health minister is announcing, from the 21st December, locals will not be allowed in bars, restaurants and public transport without being fully vaccinated. 

Having only administered vaccines to 10% of the population, 20 million Kenyans are yet to have their first dose.