The South Australian Liberals concede defeat in the seat of Black in Adelaide's south in a result that is a hammer blow to the party, which has now lost a second by-election in eight months.

The sixth storm to hit the Philippines in a month was upgraded to a "super typhoon" as hundreds of thousands of people left their homes in ordered evacuations.

An exclusion zone has been issued ahead of next weekend's Rising Tide protest and festival. Anyone caught in the water faces an $1,100 fine.

A police officer smashed a window to rescue a woman trapped in a car in floodwaters in Brisbane after almost 100 millimetres fell within three hours in parts of south-east Queensland. 

Avonbank mineral sands' company informs farmers their land will be used for a 3,000-hectare mine, under compulsorily acquisition powers in Victoria's Mining Act.