Cars were left with smashed windscreens after large hailstones hit the Queensland town of Pratten. Photo: HANDOUT/Richard Manley

Severe thunderstorms and widespread rain are set to lash large parts of Australia, bringing the chance of more destruction, drenchings and icy conditions into next week.

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A rain band, stretching from Tasmania to the tip of the Northern Territory, is set to sweep east across six Australian jurisdictions from Monday into Tuesday, the Bureau of Meteorology said.

"With this band of rain, fuelled by that tropical moisture moving eastwards, it could bring a risk

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