Melbourne and Sydney to face coldest morning this year after Queensland sets weather record

Band of cold blankets entire east coast, with widespread frost across Tasmania, Victoria, the ACT and NSW

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Melbourne and Sydney were set to shiver through their coldest morning so far this year on Wednesday, after Queenslanders awoke to a blanket of frost across a large swathe of the state's centre on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Monday night was the coldest night of the year for many in Australia's east - and the coldest June night on record in Queensland's inland.

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