The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Former Test batsman Matt Renshaw led the way as Queensland defied some challenging conditions in their Sheffield Shield clash with South Australia.

As the floodwaters rose in Southeast Queensland last week, my phone buzzed with texts from friends. We compared this event with the last catastrophic flood of 2011 and tried to calculate whether our homes would be affected this time. I live in Ipswich, not far from the now-flooded Bremer River.

About 500,000 people across NSW including 300,000 Sydney residents were in danger of flooding or told to evacuate on Thursday morning as heavy rain was forecast to worsen.

Four days after an engorged Brisbane River forced its way into the streets and homes of Goodna, residents returned to see what was left of their homes. Now they ask for help.

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A Queensland analyst says social media stunts and panic-buying are some of the behaviours being triggered by the latest natural disaster, as people struggle with being hit by a "once-in-a-lifetime" pandemic only to then endure a record-breaking flood.

Catch up on the news about flooding in NSW and Queensland from March 3 with a look back at our blog.

While thousands of people across Queensland and New South Wales are grappling with catastrophic floods, the country's smallest state has just endured its driest summer in four decades.

The ADF will assist with getting supplies into flood stricken communities as clean up starts to begin in some areas.