Communities on the New South Wales-Queensland border are on high alert for flash flooding. More than 20 centimetres of rain fell in three hours in some areas. A number of inland river catchments are flooded, and expected to stay that way over coming months.
There's also major flooding in the north-western New South Wales towns of Wee Waa and Warren. Multiple climate factors are behind what is happening, including a rare third consecutive La Nina year.
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid says he is for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, as long as it is a peaceful one. Mr Lapid has told the United Nations in a speech that Israel seeks peace with the entire Arab world, and most Israelis are in favour of two-state solution to the long-running conflict.
Defence Minister Richard Marles says Australia is preparing for the Russia-Ukraine conflict to be a drawn-out one. Ukraine has requested more military aid from Australia, in the form of vehicles and artillery. Mr Marles is intimating this will likely be provided.
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Australia has taken part in a meeting of a new United States-led initiative in the Pacific region. Foreign Ministers of the so-called Blue Pacific group have met in New York.
The partnership between Pacific Island countries and countries including the U-S, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Japan- aims to counter China's ambitions in the region. U-S Secretary of State Antony Blinken insists the Blue Pacific group is about trying to help Pacific Island nations.
