Bridget Judd

Floodwaters continue to rise across parts of north Queensland, with some areas receiving more than a metre of rain since Saturday, prompting Queensland Premier David Crisafulli to call for federal government help to rebuild infrastructure.

Emergency warnings were issued for Nymboida, Tabulam and Tenterfield in NSW on Tuesday, while dangerous fire conditions remained in south-western Queensland. Look back on how the day unfolded with our blog.

This morning’s news, as it happened.

Lyrebird calls echo through the forests of south-east Australia. But the passing of these songs from one generation to another is at risk.

During the height of the pandemic, Zoom became so popular that its use sparked phrases like “zoom fatigue”. But as employers navigate a post-COVID world, the company is ordering staff back to the office.

Today’s latest news, as it happened.

There isn’t a whole lot of consistency in Australia around what single-use plastics are being phased out and when. See what’s happening in your state.

While dyspareunia, or painful sex, is very treatable, health professionals say stigma around sex and pleasure and a tendency to think that pain is normal is preventing people from seeking help.

With only 24 hours in a day, researchers have crunched the numbers and worked out what the average global human day looks like.

An American crocodile managed to reproduce by herself, in a process scientists call parthenogenesis, or ‘virgin birth’, DNA reveals. Scientists say the discovery suggests the phenomenon may have also occurred in extinct reptiles like dinosaurs.