Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has held a press conference at Parliament House to call the federal election for May 3.

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Outback Queensland has experienced a year's worth of rain in just six days with the rain to continue to fall over the weekend.

An emergency alert was issued this morning for the region with swift water rescue crews airlifted in from Charleville to help evacuate residents and the Premier also arrived in Winton last night.

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, "There's predictions that the Thompson River will hit about eight and a half metres, that is uncharted territory."

David Crisafulli also confirmed that he will be looking into getting Western Queensland a rain radar saying the current situation is "unacceptable."

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Round 4 of the NRL kicks off tonight with the Rabbitohs taking on the Panthers and Darryl 'The Big Marn' Brohman joined 4BC Breakfast to give his thoughts and tips for this game and the rest of the round.

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Farmers and residents in South-West Queensland are getting hammered by torrential rain which they didn't know was coming because there is no rain radar in the area.

Murweh Mayor Shaun Radnedge told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, "We've been advocating for the last six years that I've been involved, to the federal government of putting a rain radar in the western part of Queensland."

"Now, the closest radar is Alice Springs, you have one in Mount Isa, one in Longreach and one in Charleville."

"These areas that are getting impacted at the moment had no warning."

"For those graveyards that we talk about and it's always cattle and sheep out in those areas, they're going to have huge stock losses because they've never had time to shift their stock," Mr. Radnedge said.

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Though Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred has passed, some are still on edge as parts of Queensland are in for a wet few days.

This has prompted sandbagging stations to reopen in Brisbane as the South-East braces for up to 100mm this weekend.

Acting Assistant Commissioner from the Queensland Police Service Disaster Management Command, John Bosnjak told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, "I'd be paying attention to the weather reports and to the disaster dashboards that most councils are running at the moment."

"It's always be prepared, watch out for the weather reports, there is a likelihood of some pretty heavy rain coming in on Saturday, so just keep paying attention to the reports and like I said before, just make sure you act on what the authorities are saying," Mr. Bosnjak said.

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There are reports of internal rumblings within the Coalition after a fiery party room meeting yesterday, where MP's were warned not to give away anything when it comes to policy.

Leader of the National Party David Littleproud told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, "The reality is that, effectively, there's a blackout for everybody bar the leaders, myself and Peter and the finance team to be out for the first 24, 48 hours."

"Then after that, everyone else."

"That's been a practice since I got into Parliament in 2016, there's nothing new in that," David Littleproud said.

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Labor delivered its fourth budget last night with tax cuts, cost-of-living relief and $20 million to entice Australians to buy Australian headlining the document.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, "It's a budget to build the future and to help people with the cost of living and strengthen Medicare."

"It's all about making our economy more resilient in the face of all this global economic uncertainty and so that's what's motivated us here when it comes to this budget."

"We've been responsible, we've gone for what's affordable and we've done that in the context where we have taken difficult decisions," Mr. Chalmers said.

"We are making good progress in the Budget, we're making especially good progress in the economy more broadly."

"We know that that doesn't always immediately translate into how people are feeling and faring in the economy and that's why the cost of living help is so important," Treasurer Chalmers said.

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Tourism Research Australia data shows that New South Wales has now become the most popular domestic destination in Australia, knocking Queensland off its perch.

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