Queensland's flood inquiry has moved to the city of Toowoomba, where survivors of January's flash flood are telling their harrowing stories. A hydrologist has told the inquiry the flood that swept through the city and the Lockyer Valley was a once in a nearly 400-year event.

 

A report out today shows that a $540 million programme is helping to improve students' numeracy and literacy rates. Queensland and New South Wales have done best out of the programme with Tasmania and the ACT making progress, but Victoria is languishing, only managing to meet six out of 34 benchmarks. 

 

Former water polo player Keli Lane will appeal her murder sentence. Lane has been jailed for 18 years for killing her newborn daughter. The baby went missing in 1996 and has never been found. In yet another twist, police have questioned the taxi driver who claimed Lane left the child in bushland in Sydney. 

 

And riots have broken out across northern Nigeria with the country's President Goodluck Jonathan looks set to win the election. The homes of his supporters have been attacked, and opposition supporters have clashed with police. They claim the poll has been rigged in some parts of the country.