![]() ![]() #Live home 3d half wall full#The Macquarie River reached major flood levels at Warren on Wednesday, as nearby Burrendong Dam, which is above full capacity, continued to release flows into the river. ![]() A couple of inches out here makes it very very, very soggy. Rainfall here is totally different to rainfall on the coast. It hasn’t been hammering with rain, but we have had such a lot of rain consistently, basically since Christmas, that it just doesn’t have a chance to dry out. Flood waters also cut roadways into the town, stranding a team of hospital staff at the park. The park’s campground flooded on Wednesday. Locals in the small cotton and wool town of Warren have been dealing with consistent rain since December, the owner of the Macquarie Caravan Park, Carolyn Monkley, said. Residents in outback New South Wales are rainfall weary as dams overflow and wet weather continues, as a severe system brings a widespread risk of flooding, thunderstorms and hail, AAP reports. The Australian government said the Royal Australian Navy would exercise freedom of navigation across the Indo-Pacific as three ships begin a regional deployment.Īnd the prime minister of Solomon Islands, Manasseh Sogavare, has arrived in Australia this afternoon for talks with Anthony Albanese. The government is under increasing pressure to reassess the cuts, due to come into effect in two years’ time.Ī football fan who allegedly made a Nazi salute during the Australia Cup final in Sydney has been given a lifetime ban by Football Australia. Labor MP Daniel Mulino has told the ABC Australia’s proposed stage-three tax cuts are different to the UK’s, which were scrapped this week by the newly minted government. It will be chaired by Labor senator Linda White, while independent MP Helen Haines will be co-chair. Community groups and advocates including Wilderness Australia have argued the decision will “destroy” wilderness and Aboriginal sites and put low-lying communities at risk.Ī new joint committee has been established specifically to examine the National Anti-Corruption Commission bill at public hearings planned for this month. ![]() The NSW premier, Dominic Perrottet, announced today the Warragamba Dam wall will be raised by 14 metres and the project would be a critical infrastructure project. Sydney is on track to record the wettest year in its history by the end of the week. The eastern states are on flood watch as wild weather lashes large parts of south-east Queensland, northern Victoria and inland New South Wales, hitting already saturated waterways. Stay safe and dry, we’ll be back first thing tomorrow. With that, we will wrap the blog for the evening. 08.33 BST What we learned – Wednesday 5 October ![]()
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