Grim update in search for missing TV doctor Michael Mosley, famous NT crocodile on the move: Australia news live

Now this is what you call lucky.

A Sydney man has won the lottery for a second time, 25 years after scooping his first jackpot.

While the first amount wasn't revealed, he took home $200,000 this week on Thursday's Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw.

"I’m still reeling in disbelief that this has actually happened again," he said.

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Fiona Harvey is suing Netflix for millions of dollars in damages over its alleged depiction of her in the hit show Baby Reindeer.

The 58-year-old Scottish law graduate has reportedly filed a lawsuit accusing Netflix of defamation, negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and violations of right of publicity, among other allegations, according to documents seen by The Independent.

Harvey is seeking around A$75m from the streaming giant.

Read more here.

A handful of western US states are dealing with a brutal heatwave that has sent records tumbling, despite it being two weeks from summer.

Arizona's capital Phoenix has set a new high temperature of 45C while Las Vegas hit 44C – a mark never seen before in the tourist city.

The heat in Phoenix has been described as "dangerously hot" by the weather service with at least 11 people falling ill because of it.

As quite rightly stated, this is a "good reminder" to be croc wise in the Top End.

This brilliant photo shows famous 4.4-metre crocodile Koolpinyah tied up for relocation, with guide Jess lying next to him, dwarfed in size. He was brought to Darwin's Cocodylus Park from a station 10 years ago and has been a popular resident since.

Victoria's bird flu outbreak is spreading, with a fifth farm now impacted.

The Golden Plains Shire farm is within a restricted zone near three others where the H7N3 flu had already spread in recent weeks, and authorities said the latest detection was not unexpected.

Another farm in Victoria has at the same time hosted an outbreak of a different H7N9 strain of the virus. Neither strain is the same as the H5N1 type that has spread globally through bird and mammal populations and even into humans, with the first human death from the H5N2 strain also reported this week.

An expert told Yahoo this week there are growing concerns over bird flu's ability to infect larger numbers of humans.

Read more here.

Aussie billionaire Clive Palmer's $40m superyacht was in trouble once again yesterday after it became stuck on a sandbank on the Gold Coast.

A tugboat was deployed to remove the yacht near Wavebreak Island, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported.

The vessel ran into similar problems in Singapore last October.

How's this for an image.

A lightning strike last night in Sydney had five bolts, including two that struck the Harbour Bridge.

Residents in the inner-city reported items in their homes were shaking from the resulting thunder as the city copped a soaking.

A famous doctor has vanished in Greece as authorities desperately try and find the British TV personality.

Michael Mosley, who is a household name in the UK and regularly appears on the BBC, as well as on Australian TV, has disappeared while holidaying on the island of Symi.

Police told the Daily Mail there is "just no trace" of the 67-year-old after he failed to return from a coastal walk. His wife raised the alarm when he failed to return.

A photo of Mosley understood to be from the day he disappeared, was shared in the search for him.

Read all the latest updates here.

Whooping cough is surging in NSW schools, as NSW Health reports a big spike in the respiratory disease.

Parents at some schools have been warned about the "unseasonably high" number of cases, Nine News reports.

The spike is most prominent between those aged 5 and 15. The infection can severely impact a patient's breathing with prolonged coughing. It is particularly dangerous for newborn babies and can prove fatal.

Experts had long predicted a surge following the Covid pandemic and other countries are experiencing a sharp rise.

Read more about the disease here.

There was huge rainfall for the Illawarra overnight, with 206mm falling in the Wollongong suburb of Cringila.

Sydney did not escape the deluge, with close to 60mm in less than 24 hours, while huge thunderclaps rocked inner-city homes.

People were evacuated from Picton, southwest of Sydney, after flash flooding. Video online shows Manly streets filled with rainwater to above cars' wheels as drivers slowly tackled the conditions.