The ABC's Melbourne offices has been vandalised for the second time in a week after red paint and a message about Palestine was scrawled on the building.
Scientists will relocate critically endangered red handfish to a Tasmanian facility to save the species from extinction during forecast marine heatwaves.
Major flood warnings are in place for several river systems in Victoria's south east as the state braces for more rain, along with parts of NSW and Queensland.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms have wreaked havoc across eastern Australia with two people rescued after their car was swept away in floodwaters and others from a NSW home.