Towns in far north Queensland have seen more than 200 millimetres of rain in 24 hours as the system,forecast to form a cyclone by the weekend,moves offshore.
Police are trying to locate a man accused of deliberately running over a dingo,killing the animal,on the beach.
The men,one in his 60s and one in his 20s,were assessed on the beach and flown by rescue helicopter to a mainland hospital.
One person was given an on-the-spot fine of $2135 after footage was provided to park rangers of them allegedly luring and feeding a dingo in a residential area.
Her work is about not letting other people be the experts of your own culture,the acclaimed artist says.
The attack,which left an eight-year-old boy with puncture wounds to his hand last weekend,was the fourth to take place on the island this year.
Paramedics said the man's injuries could have been far worse if he had been crushed on a bitumen road.
Police officers,bystanders and the plane's occupants dug frantically as the water threatened to take the aircraft.
Authorities should immediately implement a feature designed to send an SMS or email to police if a boat or ship fails to"poll"on the system,which may indicate it has sunk.
The family of a 14-month old toddler dragged from a campervan by a dingo on Fraser Island has told 60 Minutes of the ordeal.
Penalties would be higher for visitors caught feeding dingoes as the government steps up its action plan on Fraser Island.