An Australian family was kicked off a Qantas flight from Bali to Sydney after allegedly abusing the crew.

Qantas told 9News the family was removed from flight QF44 from Denpasar to Sydney yesterday after "abusing our crew a number of times prior to the flight departing Bali".

A man can be seen arguing with a flight attendant in a video posted to social media.

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9News understands he accused the flight crew of making his wife cry.

The captain removed the couple and their children at Denpasar before departure.

"The safety of our customers and crew is our number one priority and we do not tolerate any kind of abusive behaviour," the Qantas spokesperson said.

"We ask customers to follow the direction of crew for the safety and comfort of everyone on board."

Widespread rain and thunderstorms expected across Australia's east coast in the coming days have many communities braced for potential flooding.

The severe weather warnings come as many areas in Victoria, Tasmania, NSW and Queensland are already on Flood Watch after heavy rain last week.

NSW and Queensland are expected to cop the brunt of destructive storms, but there are great concerns about Victoria and NSW, where flooding is still continuing across broad swathes following last week's heavy rainfall.

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Victoria and NSW

Ahead of the coming weekend the Bureau of Meteorgoly has advised: "Major Flooding will continue across inland New South Wales and northern Victoria as flood waters continue to impact travel, roads and infrastructure.

There are more than 50 flood warnings stretching across Victoria, while NSW has 71.

Evacuation orders are currently in place for both Echuca in Victoria and Moama in NSW, with more rain set to inundate the Murray River.

BoM warns the river could be in major flood until early next week.

The BoM is forecasting the Murray will reach a height of 96.8 on Saturday, similar to the 1993 flood, which reached 94.77, and will remain high for many days, before water moves downstream.

Echuca residents are bracing for the water to rise, having spent a week sandbagging the town and building a levee to protect from floodwaters.

There are also fears flooding will return in the towns of Shepparton and Moroopna, where major flood recovery efforts are underway.

In Melbourne, BoM has warned thunderstorms could lead to flooding again around the Yarra River in Werribee and the already flood-ravaged suburb of Maribyrnong.

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Heavy rain has already been lashing New South Wales' north coast as a massive storm band bears down on the east, sparking severe storm warnings and over 100 flood warnings.

The band was seen stretching more than 3500 kilometres; spanning from Far North Queensland to Victoria's north west corner last night.

Two people became trapped in flood waters in northern New South Wales when their car got bogged today.

Police requested the help of a Rural Fire Service helicopter after reports the two were stuck near Moree.

The car is barely visible in footage captured by a camera on the helicopter, with a slight glint in surrounding murky brown water the only sign of the trouble they are in.

Queensland

South east Queenslanders have been warned to strap in for a "very wet weekend" as storms hang around the state.

Weatherzone said a very unstable stormy weather pattern is occurring in Queensland with tropical moisture feeding a slow-moving trough, leading to heavy rainfall.

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"In Brisbane, it definitely won't be the greatest BBQ weather, with falls in the range of 40 to 80 mm quite likely on Saturday, with a range of 20 to 40 mm potentially on the cards for Sunday," Weatherzone said.

Even heavier falls are possible in Brisbane itself on Sunday.

The Bureau of Meterology (BoM) has issued severe weather warnings across parts of Queensland, with a storm moving north of Charters Towers.

"Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding in the warning area over the next several hours," it wrote.

"Locations which may be affected include Mingela and Woodstock."

Residents are advised to keep across BoM's warnings as the system bears down. NSW can be viewed here, Victoria here, and Queensland here. 

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A jury in the trial for the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins has been unable to reach a verdict ahead of the weekend.

Bruce Lehrmann is charged with sexual intercourse without consent and is being tried in the ACT Supreme Court. He has pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Higgins alleges Lehrmann raped her when they returned to Parliament House in Canberra after a night out drinking with colleagues. He denies any sexual interaction happened.

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After 13 hours of deliberation, the jury had not yet reached a verdict on Friday afternoon.

Before dismissing them for the weekend, Chief Justice Lucy McCallum reminded the jurors not to read any media reports or discuss the case with anyone.

"Give yourself a social media-free holiday. You might enjoy it more than you anticipate," she said.

Earlier in the week she said the jury must give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in court.

Justice McCallum said they must decide which evidence from the prosecution and defence they would accept and reject.

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However, she reminded them Lehrmann was presumed innocent and it was up to the prosecution to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

In closing arguments, prosecutor Shane Drumgold backed Higgins' credibility, telling the jury she had been an honest and reliable witness.

Drumgold said after the alleged assault in 2019, Higgins was faced with a fork in the road and did not pursue a police complaint because she feared losing her job.

"The political force, the political current, the political turmoil was around her. She had very good reason to be fearful," he said.

But defence lawyer Steven Whybrow said it was possible Higgins fabricated the assault allegation to keep her job.

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He suggested Higgins reconstructed events at Parliament House that night to the point that she now genuinely believes they happened.

Whybrow said Higgins may have thought her employment was on the line and a closer look at her evidence made the prosecution's case against his client "untenable".

"Is there a reasonable possibility this complaint is being made because her 'dream job' is, from her perspective, in jeopardy?" Whybrow said.

The jury, made up of eight women and four men, will reconvene on Monday to continue deliberations until they can reach a unanimous verdict.

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An unwanted visitor has been spotted slithering through the stationery aisles at a South Australian Officeworks.

A brown snake reportedly snuck under the door of Noarlunga Officeworks this afternoon.

Customers were cleared from the store as soon as staff noticed the slippery creature, a witness Michael told 9News.

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"Snaked moved through a number of aisles while the team watched and waited for snake catcher," Michael said.

Once the snake catcher arrived, Michael said it was removed in "three seconds".

"Business as usual followed," he said.

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Outgoing UK Prime Minster Liz Truss is set to receive an eye-watering lifelong pension following her resignation, despite only having held the top job for just seven weeks.

Under the Public Duties Cost Allowance (PDCA), Truss, like other former prime ministers, are allowed to claim £115,000 per year ($A205,000) to put toward the cost of "maintaining activities in public life".

The scheme was set up in 1991 following the resignation of Margaret Thatcher and since then, former prime ministers have claimed millions of dollars.

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Following Truss' resignation yesterday, she will become the fifth living former PM to be able to claim from the scheme – meaning the UK taxpayer could fork out £700,000 per year ($A2,250,000) on pension benefits.

Former PMs John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron all claimed more than £100,000 ($A170,000) through the PDCA in 2020/2021, according to official records.

Major and Blair both claimed back the maximum available allowance, while both Brown and Cameron claimed slightly under.

It is not yet known if Boris Johnson has so far claimed any funds. 

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Truss announced her resignation yesterday less than seven weeks after taking office, setting her up to become the shortest-serving premier in the nation's history.

In a brief statement delivered outside her office at 10 Downing Street, Truss laid out the headwinds facing her leadership, from Russia's invasion of Ukraine to more general economic stability.

Failed leadership contender Rishi Sunak and former prime minister Boris Johnson, whose dramatic removal from office following a series of scandals set the stage for Truss to take power, are reportedly among those fighting to replace her.

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Truss, who was sworn in on September 6, said she had tried to deliver on the "vision for a low-tax high-growth economy" that saw her triumph over former chancellor Sunak in a summer leadership race.

"Given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party," Truss said.

"I have therefore spoken to his majesty the King to notify him that I am resigning as leader of the Conservative Party."

The family of a Victorian grandfather fatally bashed on Christmas Day say the world is less colourful without him, and they have been robbed of the best man in their lives.

Anthony Clark, 50, died in hospital three days after he was struck with a baseball bat by a man outside his home in Melbourne's northeast before his head was repeatedly stomped on and kicked by a then 16-year-old.

The teenager, who cannot be legally named, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the Victorian Supreme Court over his role in the 2019 brawl that led to Clark's death.

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The fight started after an argument over some illegal fireworks outside Clark's Mooroolbark home.

A group of young men came to his home to confront his relative, leading Clark to retrieve the bat and order them to leave his property.

The man who hit Clark with the bat was found not guilty of manslaughter earlier this month.

Clark's daughter Ellen Moxon reflected her father was excited for what 2020 would bring but he missed it by four days.

His last meal was Christmas lunch, and she and her sister caught it in their hands when he later vomited it up in hospital.

He was a proud man who was deeply sentimental and would tell her he loved her "more than water, because how could you live without water", she said.

"I had to kiss my father on the right side of his unrecognisable face as I whispered goodbye for the last time," Moxon told the court on Friday.

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"My dad died this way but he didn't live like this. He was amazing and the world is less colourful without him."

Moxon gave birth to her first child nine months after Clark was killed, and had to get staff to turn down the volume of the hospital machines so she didn't have to relive the trauma of her father's death.

When Moxon's daughter took her first steps, she hoped Clark walked with her in spirit, she said.

Emma Moxon, another of Clark's daughters, reflected their father taught them everything they knew, and made them realise what they were capable of.

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He was the embodiment of good character, she said, opening doors for strangers, barracking for the underdog, reading and remembering people's name tags, and being genuine when he wished others a wonderful day.

Moxon gave her father a wallet at Christmas, not knowing what gravity the words engraved on it would hold days later: "Looking up to you is easy. Filling your shoes is harder. You are the greatest man I know. Love you to the moon and back."

After the attack, Clark was nonsensical when speaking to police officers.

A paramedic asked him if he knew who his daughter Emma Moxon was.

"He said, 'no, but she's beautiful'," Moxon told the court.

The teenager who kicked Clark in the head sent a video on Snapchat days after the assault of a single Nike Triple White shoe stained with blood.

It was captioned "RIP my Triple Whites", the court was told.

He also commented in a message that someone he knew "doesn't find it funny that I killed someone".

Judge Jane Dixon said while the message couldn't carry much weight out of context, it showed the stupidity of a 16-year-old child after a very serious act.

Emma Moxon hoped the teenager, if he ever had children, would understand what he took away from her father and family.

"I don't hate him … (but I) never will forgive him for killing my dad," Moxon said.

Justice Dixon ordered the teenager be assessed on his suitability for youth justice detention over adult jail.

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