Fire-fighters have been called to a Gladstone region residence after a neighbour reported seeing a “visible flame” near a solar panel on the roof of the home. A Central Queensland Fire Communications spokeswoman said fire-fighters were called to the Agnes Water residence about 2.

A car has run into bollards near the Frenchville IGA on Dean Street. Police were informed at 1.31pm that a vehicle had “rammed” the premises, but are yet to determine if the incident was deliberate. More to come.

Intense rainfall in Sydney might lead to delays in the delivery of the Western Advocate and other regional newspapers on Monday. Delivery drivers were monitoring rising rivers in the Hawkesbury region on Sunday that could force them to find alternate routes to the Central West.

It is alleged two men inside the shopping centre have been assaulted, and security officers have been threatened. Most the juveniles are reportedly still near the K-Mart entrance, and some may have run over Musgrave Street toward Northside Plaza.

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Wide Bay locals by forecasters this afternoon. The warning, from the Bureau of Meteorology at 2pm, indicated heavy rainfall was on the way which could lead to flash flooding in parts of Wide Bay and Burnett …

Anyone concerned about over-development in their little bit of paradise should take a leaf out of the book of all those aggravated locals who were fired up about the plan to replace the 130-year-old house in Hurst Street with a "faux Neo-Georgian McMansion.

STAWELL and Halls Gap will be included in the federal seat of Mallee under a proposed redistribution of electoral divisions for Victoria.

HEAVY rainfall is expected to batter parts of Ipswich in coming hours as destructive storm cells move northward from the Gold Coast. The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the area just after 1.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has called this weekend's flooding on the North Coast a "one in 100-year event" as intense rainfall continues to hammer the east coast with no signs of slowing. A NSW couple have lost their home and their dog to floods on their would-be wedding day.

THE CAMPAIGN to raise $1.3 million for the new Echuca Regional Health Cancer and Wellness Centre has been boosted by a $25,000 donation from Echuca Moama Community Enterprise (EMCE). The new centre will improve cancer and dialysis treatment services for …