Australia news live: ‘spluttering’ sunfish knocks yacht out of Sydney to Hobart; uncontrollable bushfire threatens Tasmanian town

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Louis Ryckmans of the crew of Yeah Baby says he initially thought collision with ‘sun leviathan’ was boat hitting a reef; residents of the west coast Tasmanian town of Rosebery told to prepare to leave. Follows the day’s news live

Heavy rainfall expected across northern Australia: BoM

Howe says the tropical monsoon period is “very active” at the moment across northern Australia.

That’s associated with ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie which is continuing to deliver heavy rainfall across the NT.

There is a warning for intense rainfall and damaging winds. We’ve already seen rainfall totals of more than 200mm over the last few days, causing roads to be washed out. Reminding travellers to take care and check conditions before heading out.

We will see a cool change move through Adelaide late tonight and towards midnight, moving through western Victoria in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

We will see the cool change move through around lunchtime today for Melbourne and also tomorrow afternoon for Hobart.

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