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Updated: 29 October 2026, 9:24 am AEDT (Sydney) Ashley Paul Griffith was extradited from Queensland to New South Wales on Wednesday, 28 October, to face 202 further charges relating to alleged offences against children, Queensland Corrective Services said. The agency’s statement said custody was transferred from its Escort and Security Branch to Corrective Services NSW at Tweed Heads that morning. Extradition had been approved earlier in October. Griffith was already serving a life sentence in Queensland, with a 27-year non-parole period, following his 2024 conviction for offences against 69 girls at early learning centres in Brisbane and Italy. The NSW proceedings concern additional charges and are separate from those convictions. ABC News independently reported the transfer , citing Queensland Corrective Services Minister Laura Gerber. She said he had left Queensland custody just after 6:30 am and crossed the border shortly after 8 am on Wednesday. Corrective Services said Griffith ...

Updated: 28 October 2026, 3:18 a.m. AEDT Hailstones up to seven centimetres across struck parts of south-east Queensland on Tuesday, 27 October, while a lightning strike damaged Brisbane Airport’s western runway and disrupted flights. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed hail measuring three to seven centimetres at Yamanto, Flinders View, Ripley and Mudgeeraba between 2.30 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. Queensland time, ABC News reported . The bureau classifies hail larger than five centimetres as giant hail. The afternoon storms swept across the Gold Coast and Ipswich. Nine reported that hail covered yards and streets in Augustine Heights and Redbank Plains, while more than 1,000 homes lost power. At Brisbane Airport, lightning struck the western runway shortly before 3 p.m. The runway remained closed at 6 p.m. Tuesday while engineers assessed the damage, according to Nine. An airport spokesperson said repairs were expected overnight, with the runway expected to be operational by Wednesday mo...

Updated: 25 October 2026, 7:18 pm AEDT A line of severe thunderstorms brought damaging winds to western New South Wales on Sunday, 25 October, as a broad storm system moved across eastern Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology’s noon AEDT briefing confirmed that storms had already produced damaging winds that morning and extended into north-east Victoria. The Guardian reported on Sunday afternoon that gusts of up to 100km/h had been recorded in the NSW central west around midday. It also reported a severe thunderstorm warning covering Sydney, greater Wollongong and parts of the Blue Mountains and surrounding districts that afternoon. The bureau said a cold front and trough were driving the outbreak. Its Sunday briefing identified damaging winds, large hail and heavy rain as risks across affected parts of NSW, the ACT, eastern Victoria and southern Queensland. Those hazards were forecasts, rather than confirmation that every area would experience them. Rain had already caused flash floo...

Updated: 25 October 2026 at 9:18 am AEDT The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast a widespread severe thunderstorm outbreak across eastern Australia for Sunday, 25 October, as a cold front draws in tropical moisture while crossing New South Wales. In its official Sunday national forecast , released on Saturday, the bureau said severe storms were likely from eastern Victoria through Canberra and western NSW, extending north into western Queensland. Storms may reach coastal areas, including Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, during Sunday afternoon and evening. That coastal progression remains a forecast, rather than confirmation that every location will experience a severe storm. Much of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania was also expected to receive rain before conditions cleared later. The bureau said a colder air mass would follow the front, with below-average temperatures already affecting southern Western Australia. The Guardian’s Saturday report , citing bureau meteorologist D...

Updated: 25 October 2026, 3:44 a.m. AEDT (Sydney) Four people were taken to hospital after shots were fired from a vehicle outside a licensed premises in Loganholme, south-east Queensland, on Saturday evening, 24 October, police said. Reports of the shooting on Bryants Road were received at 8.15 p.m. AEST. Queensland Police’s statement , issued at 10.30 p.m. AEST on Saturday, said the four injured people’s conditions were being assessed. The vehicle involved was seen leaving the scene. Police said they did not believe there was an ongoing threat to the public. They had not released further information about the injured people or the circumstances surrounding the incident in that statement. Nine’s reporting independently confirmed that four people had been hospitalised and that police were called to Bryants Road following reports of gunfire from a vehicle. The victims’ medical conditions remained unconfirmed in that report. Police are asking anyone with information about the incident t...

Updated: 22 October 2026, 11:20 a.m. AEDT (Sydney) The Bureau of Meteorology warned of further flash flooding in parts of south-east Queensland on Thursday, 22 October, as a slow-moving thunderstorm brought heavy rain to the Moreton Bay region. ABC News reported that members of the public had rescued motorists from floodwaters overnight. In its 10:06 a.m. AEST warning , the Bureau said the storm was near Mount Mee and Wamuran and could produce rainfall leading to flash flooding. The warning covered parts of Somerset, Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast council areas. It forecast the storm would affect Dayboro and Woodford by 10:50 a.m. AEST. The Bureau recorded 168 millimetres at Sheep Station Creek in Morayfield in the three hours to 7:30 a.m., and 159 millimetres at Caboolture’s Short Street over the same period. These figures use Queensland’s local time. ABC’s reporting said police were receiving calls about people driving into floodwaters, after rescues in two separate incidents. It al...