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Severe weather warning for central NSW

Central NSW is bracing for further potential flooding with severe weather warnings in place, AAP reports.

With more weather coming from Wednesday we are concerned and are reminding the community to make sensible smart decisions when travelling at the moment.

Voters have shifted in favour of the status quo when asked to decide a yes' or no' question on a republic at a time of global attention on the Queen's funeral and the transition to King Charles, shattering the narrow majority for change revealed in a similar survey in January.

The exclusive findings show that only one state, Victoria, would back a republic and would do so with a tiny majority of 50.2%, dooming a referendum to failure and repeating the rejection of the 1999 attempt to amend the Constitution.