Australia news live: fire danger warnings in Queensland as crews battle Moreton Island blaze

Crews worked through the night to contain a bushfire in the popular camping destination. Follow today’s news live

Earlier, we brought you the news of the final station in the Melbourne Metro Tunnel, State Library Station, being completed. Here’s a peek at what it looks like.

‘I heard a bang-bang-bang on the left side of the car,’ Sydney shooting eyewitness says

I was just happened to be driving by, and as I was driving by, I just heard a bang-bang-bang on the left side of the car, the taxi. And then I looked next to me, and I saw a couple of holes through the window right next to – on the passenger side. And I didn’t realise there was actually a hole on the roof as well. And I smelled the gunpowder, but I assumed because it was [NRL] Grand Final night, [it was] somebody throwing firecrackers or something.

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