Tropical Cyclone Narelle is crossing the Far North Queensland coast. Follow live.

Just two weeks after its worst flood in almost 30 years, Katherine businesses are being sandbagged and a field hospital has been set up as locals brace for another major weather event.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese denies Australia is out of step with its allies after several countries, including the UK, France and Germany, released a joint statement on the Strait of Hormuz. Follow live.

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“There was a lot of fear … definitely I didn’t expect such extreme measures.”

A court has put an interim freeze on more than 30 properties belonging to failed security company boss Micky Ahuja after he told a shambolic media event he planned to sell them.

Follow our rolling coverage as the cyclone makes landfall and hammers communities in Far North Queensland.

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Police believe they have found everyone from inside the vehicle, but divers will check.

Police were alerted to the incident at about 6.25pm this evening.

Sugar may have been mixed with the hot water, but Corrections hasn't confirmed it yet.

Motorists are told to expect delays.

The victim was pulled alive from the avalanche but died from their injures.

“There was a lot of fear … definitely I didn’t expect such extreme measures.”

A court has put an interim freeze on more than 30 properties belonging to failed security company boss Micky Ahuja after he told a shambolic media event he planned to sell them.

Follow our rolling coverage as the cyclone makes landfall and hammers communities in Far North Queensland.

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli gives an update as Cyclone Narelle continues to cross the state.

It took 25 years for Brendan Cullen to seek help for anxiety and depression. Now he has written a book about his recovery what it takes to swim the English Channel.

Retaliatory strikes between Iran and Israel on oil and gas facilities have sent fuel prices soaring and world leaders in a rush for a solution.

The latest assaults follow days of Iranian strikes on regional energy infrastructure that have roiled global markets.

Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.

In the centre of the tiny Lebanese village of Nabi Chit is a crater from an Israeli missile, following a skirmish, a sign of an escalating war.

Japan’s Trump-friendly prime minister was bracing for a difficult meeting with the president when it took an unexpected diversion back to Japan’s role in World War II.

Bill Shorten has sparked a political storm over sudden policy moves that appeal to the Labor Left.

Progressive politics is close to killing off the worthy idea of constitutional recognition of the indigenous peoples.

Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt has ordered sweeping raids to prop up the cash-strapped state’s ailing budget.

Shares fell yesterday, wiping more than $30 billion in value, as investors braced for a British vote to leave the EU.

Efforts to increase the number of people studying science and maths are wrongheaded, says Productivity Commission.

Bill Shorten has sparked a political storm over sudden policy moves that appeal to the Labor Left.

Progressive politics is close to killing off the worthy idea of constitutional recognition of the indigenous peoples.

Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt has ordered sweeping raids to prop up the cash-strapped state’s ailing budget.

Shares fell yesterday, wiping more than $30 billion in value, as investors braced for a British vote to leave the EU.

Efforts to increase the number of people studying science and maths are wrongheaded, says Productivity Commission.