Australia news live: flash flooding hits Queensland roads; $57bn of Victoria infrastructure threatened by climate hazards

Flood warning in place on Gold Coast. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Restricting welfare to citizens not ‘punishing’ but ‘incentivising’, shadow minister says The shadow immigration minister, Jonno Duniam, has said Angus Taylor’s budget reply proposal to limit welfare payments only to Australian citizens was not a punishment for permanent residents but a way to “incentivise that pathway to Australian citizenship” But they’ll still have t...

By Nick Visser