South Australia will continue to swelter as a low-to-severe intensity heatwave kicks in with some parts of the state also bracing for thunderstorms on Monday.

One person has died in the major flooding event smashing North Queensland as residents are warned things could get worse with water and power supply being affected.

The warning has been issued as tropical lows cause widespread rainfall around north Queensland, leading to warnings of ...

The matriarch of one of the state’s wealthiest families had her almost $27m stake in their property empire transferred into different family companies in the years before her death, records show.