The residents in the flood-bound Queensland town of Charleville are enduring a nervous night, as they wait to see if the emergency levee keeping back the Warrego River will hold.

Federal Labor MP Dick Adams says tomorrow's caucus meeting is not about rallying support for Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Authorities says heavy rain is easing across northern New South Wales, offering some relief to flood-stricken communities.

The residents in the flood-bound Queensland town of Charleville are enduring a nervous night, as they wait to see if the emergency levee keeping back the Warrego River will hold.

Federal Labor MP Dick Adams says tomorrow's caucus meeting is not about rallying support for Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Authorities says heavy rain is easing across northern New South Wales, offering some relief to flood-stricken communities.

Police say they have captured a man who escaped from a prison in southern New South Wales.

Two men have died in a helicopter crash on the New South Wales south coast.

Police say a man who got lost in a West Australian desert with an eight-year-old girl who later died is unlikely to be charged but will return to his community to face tribal punishment.

Reports say at least 200 people have been killed across Syria as protestors commemorate the massacre of tens of thousands of people in Hama in 1982.

The Federal Opposition has released its costings for reopening a detention centre on Nauru, saying it could do it for a third of the price the Government has quoted.

The US army has dismissed all charges against the last of five soldiers to face court martial in the slaying of unarmed Afghan civilians, according to an army statement.

There are conflicting scenes of relief and anxiety in Papua New Guinea after a ferry carrying over 350 people went down in rough seas on Thursday.

The New South Wales Government has become the first in the country to announce it is banning all solariums.

Brisbane handed Central Coast its first A-League defeat in 104 days as the Roar prevailed 2-0 in hot conditions in Gosford on Saturday afternoon.