Wild storms bringing potentially heavy rains and damaging winds will continue to batter one Australian state, as another braces for a possible cyclone.

Aussies have been warned to brace for potential tropical cyclones as parts of the country are lashed by heavy rain, with multiple severe weather warnings in place.

Australia has recorded the hottest temperatures on Earth in the past 24 hours, with millions of people again bracing for temperatures to soar past 40C.

An outbreak of the world's deadliest bee parasite, varroa destructor mite, has been found less than 5 kilometres from the Queensland border — the closest detection to date.

Queensland's first cyclone for the year could be brewing as meteorologists watch a developing low in the state's far north.

Bruce Lehrmann was last year committed to stand trial over allegations he raped a woman he met at a Toowoomba nightclub on a drug-fuelled night in 2021.

Star Entertainment has sold off a key asset as it struggles to find the cash needed to engineer a recovery from a financial bloodbath that has left the casino operator on the edge of collapse.

Fresh off her victory in the Magic Millions Fillies and Mares (1300m) on the Gold Coast, Miss Roumbini is now setting her sights on the Sydney autumn carnival. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Junior-trained mare, who has won four of her past five starts, is enjoying a well-earned break in Queensland before her campaign resumes.

Public hospitals are preparing to shut seven mental health wards across New South Wales after more than 200 public psychiatrists resigned over a lack of pay.

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