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The Independent says Mark Taylor, Adam Gilchrist and Michael Vaughan have led tributes for former Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds after the 46-year-old was killed in a car-crash overnight.

Anne Ryan found her 16-year-old daughter Brooke dead on her bedroom floor in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, after she suffered a suspected heart attack from sniffing aerosols

The Guardian says a hot air balloon on its maiden flight with 12 people on board made an emergency landing in a Melbourne street.

Australia has imposed Financial sanctions. “Our targeting of Russia’s state-owned enterprises in coordination with key partners undermines their capacity to boost the Russian economy.”

The Guardian says the bodies of a British father and son have been recovered from the Blue Mountains, after they were killed in a “freak” landslide.

The Guardian says Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has told the Australian parliament that his country is “undefeatable” against Russia as long as it can count on the support of the global community.

Thousands of people across eastern Australia have been told to leave their homes as storms bear down

February’s flooding claimed at least 21 lives across the states of Queensland and New South Wales

TRT World says Climate change is now “the greatest threat to the future and security” of Australia, senior defence figures in the country have warned.

The Guardian says a mother and son were confirmed dead, cars became trapped on flooded roads.

France24 says Floodwaters crashed into more towns on Australia’s east coast as a deadly storm front barrelled south on Wednesday towards Sydney.