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10:30 CST

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29°C

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NSW weather: Foreign student swept off Nobbys Beach rocks remains missing

10:43 EDT

A man remains missing after being swept off rocks and into the sea at Nobbys Beach at Newcastle in the New South Wales Hunter region.

Wet start of the week coming to Melbourne

13:46 EDT

Stunning sunny skies across Victoria are about to give way to wet weather, especially in the south.

Wet and wild week for coastal Queensland

12:52 EDT

With a lingering coastal trough and developing low pressure system, the coming week is set to be soaking and thundery for many parts of the Queensland coastal fringe.