Flooding rains are set to continue lashing the Australian east coast even though it avoided its first tropical cyclone in 51 ...

Long-shelved board games are being dusted off as families on the Gold Coast make the most of prolonged outages.

In the Gold Coast a family has made a lucky escape. The family of four survived the storm but now has to rebuild their home they only bought five months ago.

Anthony Albanese has issued a warning to residents as an ex-Tropical Cyclone continues to threaten homes on Sunday.