2 Mar 2022

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst

From Nine To Noon, 9:55 am on 2 March 2022

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn to look at the year's worth of rain that fell in parts of Queensland, amid criticism the weather forecasts weren't up to scratch. Australians of Ukrainian descent have been warned against returning home to fight as their government pledges $70m for lethal aid and Prime Minister Scott Morrison tests positive for Covid-19.

Annika Smethurst is political editor at The Age.

A man paddles his kayak next to a submerged bus on a flooded street in the town of Milton in suburban Brisbane on February 28, 2022.

Photo: AFP