A single app will be used to coordinate disaster response and a flood rescue training centre will be built under recommendations made in the latest flood response report.

The 700-page document, compiled by former NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller and chief scientist Mary O'Kane, will be formally released in Lismore tomorrow.

The report makes 28 recommendations which will all be supported either in principle or in full by the NSW Cabinet, 9News has learned.

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Other changes include the formalisation of the "tinnie army" that performed hundreds of rescues during the flood disaster.

There will be a community first responders program and offer training to locals on how to conduct flood rescues on their private boats.

The State Emergency Service (SES) will partially merge with the Rural Fire Service (RFS) and flood emergencies will be coordinated out of RFS headquarters at Sydney Olympic Park.

Crucial SES administration and planning services will be taken over by the firefighters, and a single app will be established to coordinate disasters across all agencies.

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The government's report also concluded that the SES leadership failed in Lismore, but volunteers say this is disrespectful.

"Their own houses were being flooded as they were performing these flood rescues," Jack Frost from SES Murwillumbah told 9News.

"At the end of the day that's what we do – we're here to help – we don't get a cent so it's all volunteer work," Lismore SES volunteer Tim Bevan added.

Meanwhile, NSW Opposition Leader Chris Minns said funding for the SES needs addressing.

"This is a wake-up call for everybody… just because there is no floods or bushfires… doesn't mean you can't put money into these frontline services."

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The report also confirmed Shane Fitzsimmons will lose his job as the Commissioner of Resilience NSW and the agency will be dismantled. Fitzsimmons will cease being Chairman of the State Emergency Management Committee.

Plus, a fifth deputy police commissioner will run disaster response and recovery.

However, 9News has learned former police commissioner Mick Fuller did not speak to or even brief his successor, current commissioner Karen Webb, on what she thought of the idea.

Plans for land swaps or government buybacks of flood-prone properties have not been finalised – with any scheme costing in excess of $1 billion.

9News understands cabinet wanted to see more work done on the buyback fund, which will anger the Lismore community desperate for clarity.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet will be in Lismore tomorrow to formally release the report.

A North Queensland man accused of murdering his partner has been charged, days after her body was found in bushland.

The 44-year-old woman's body was found by teenagers in Bluewater, north of Townsville, on Saturday, August 13, prompting the homicide investigation.

Police allege the 38-year-old man was driving a red Toyota in the Bluewater area around the time of the alleged attack, before driving south down the Bruce Highway.

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In Yalboroo, south of Proserpine, on August 14, the 38-year-old is accused of firing a single shot into a passing car.

The driver was not injured in the incident and notified police, who arrested the suspect at a Proserpine petrol station hours later.

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The 38-year-old has been charged with one count of murder, a domestic violence offence, and intending to cause grievous bodily harm in relation to the shooting.

He has also been charged with one count of stealing after allegedly failing to pay for fuel at a Giru service station on August 13.

A weapon has been seized in relation to the alleged murder, however police have not disclosed what it is.

The man will appear in Mackay Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

A man accused of abducting four children in central Queensland has been charged.

Joshua Carter allegedly took the four children, all aged under 10, from their home in The Leap, north of Mackay, on August 11, prompting an amber alert.

The children were returned "safe and well" the following morning, police said.

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The 28-year-old was charged with two counts of contravening a domestic violence order and possessing drugs and utensils today.

He has been denied bail and will appear in Mackay Magistrates Court tomorrow.

Police said investigations are ongoing.

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A Sydney personal trainer has been shot dead at a marijuana store in Los Angeles.

Azuma Bennett, 30, was found dead in the doorway of the legal dispensary in Windsor Hills on Friday morning local time.

The former Waverley College student had moved to the US several years ago and was only a few weeks away from returning back to Australia.

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A fundraiser is now being held to repatriate his body back to Australia.

Friend Tamara Fortune described Bennett as "one of a kind".

"We lost one of the best ones out there. He did not deserve this," she said.

"He was kind to all that he met and always engaged everyone in the gym with his positive energy and engaging personality.

"Rest Easy Azuma and keep punching up there. We love you mate."

His death is being investigated as a homicide by Los Angeles police. 

There is not a suspect in custody, and nobody else was on the scene when police arrived.

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Windsor Hills is an unincorporated neighbourhood in the middle of Los Angeles itself.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has been contacted for comment.

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A busy emergency department doctor who diagnosed pregnant mother Annie Moylan with gastro before her death from sepsis says she was feeling better and wanted to go home.

Five years after the death of Moylan and her baby girl at 18 weeks, a coroner has been urged to recommend systemic changes to private health system practices.

Moylan died on August 15, 2017, a day after going to Holmesglen Private Hospital in Melbourne with gastrointestinal symptoms.

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Dr Hui Li Shi was the only doctor working in the full 10-bed department and took an hour to see Moylan – who was triaged to be seen within half that time.

She diagnosed Moylan with gastroenteritis, blamed on a chicken sandwich she ate for lunch before falling unwell with vomiting, diarrhoea and a fever that reached 40.3C.

She was treated with IV fluids and morphine for her pain before her membranes spontaneously ruptured. She was rushed to St Vincent's Private Hospital where her baby was stillborn.

Ms O'Brien died from multi-organ failure caused by sepsis at 1.55pm.

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Shi denied confirmation bias blinded her from considering another diagnosis after she determined Moylan had gastro.

After paracetamol and fluids she said Moylan's temperature dropped to 38.3C – still a fever, but less than earlier.

Her heart rate was lowering and her blood pressure increasing.

"Honestly at this stage I was still thinking my initial diagnosis (was correct)," Shi said.

"Later her condition changed because she was miscarrying. When her condition changed, I have an explanation for that."

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She said when she checked on Moylan at about 9.30pm, an hour after her first review, the mother-of-one and lawyer reported feeling better.

She thought she might even manage to go home later in the evening, Shi said, but was told she should remain overnight for more fluids and continued observations.

Moylan's father Brian Moylan, a retired GP, is representing the family at the inquest before State Coroner John Cain.

He questioned Shi about her training to always consider the worst case scenario and why she hadn't done that with his daughter.

"From Annie's presentation, from first time I reviewed her, I didn't think she was really sick," the doctor replied.