A trough is triggering storms over northwest QLD, possibly severe, and isolated storms reaching to NSW. A separate trough is causing showers over the northeast QLD coasts. Onshore winds are causing the odd shower along the northern NSW coasts. Dry in SA and Vic under a high.
Fri 17:36 EDT Temperatures are on the rise across southern Australia as northerlies drag in the interior's hot air.
Fri 15:42 EDT Much of central and eastern Queensland have seen drenching rain over the past week as a trough slid north over the state.
Fri 12:04 EDT The Murray Mallee Local Government Association says an inquiry is warranted into the lack of air-conditioned country school buses.