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Emergency crews battling Queensland 's devastating flood crisis rushed to the Brisbane River's Holman St ferry terminal at about 9am on Sunday when the floating home sunk.
An urgent danger to life warning has been issued as floodwaters submerge the city of Lismore on the northern NSW coast on Monday and more rain expected for Tuesday..
Queensland and NSW will endure another day of 'life-threatening' storms that will smash large parts of the states on Sunday and into Monday with six people already dead and 1,139mm of rain fallen.
by Kate Kyriacou Premium Content Subscriber only Families who have lost loved ones to domestic violence have spoken of the heartbreak that comes with being surrounded by Mother's Day celebrations - and what they do to remember those who they've lost. Vicki Blackburn, whose 23-year-old daughter Shandee was murdered in 2013, said Mother's Day for her came with "underlying grief" that threatens to "overwhelm". In an emotive Facebook post, Ms Blackburn used Mother's Day to highlight the scourge of domestic violence, telling The Courier-Mail she wrote it beca...