The day that was, Thursday 13 October
We will wrap up the live blog here.
Here’s what you might have missed today:
Parts of Victoria have seen rainfall as high as 166mm in the past 36 hours, and wind speeds up to 160km/h. There are 70 warnings in place across the state, and there have been hundreds of SES callouts, and dozens of rescues, with rain expected to hit Melbourne hard until 7pm AEDT.
Heavy rain also hit Tasmania, with several floodwater rescues in northern Tasmania. Rain is not expected to ease until Friday morning.
Australia was one of 143 UN member states to support a resolution condemning Russia’s organisation of “illegal so-called referendums” in the four regions and declaring that “the subsequent attempted illegal annexation of these regions have no validity under international law”.
Members of the NSW Rail Tram and Bus Union voted to close down Opal readers at Sydney stations, as part of their prolonged industrial dispute with the state government.
The Queensland premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, announced the government will lower the full supply level of Wivenhoe Dam due to the threat of more flooding.
The Northern Territory government introduced legislation to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 years of age.
Private health insurer Medibank said it has shut down access to some customer-facing systems following “unusual activity” on its network on Wednesday.
We will be back with you again tomorrow morning with all the latest. Until then, I hope you manage to stay dry and warm.
Updated
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— ANACECILIA GONÇALVES (@ANNACARCILIA) October 13, 2022
