AFL star's disgusting act amid Aussie flood crisis

Mitch Robinson has risked the wrath of his AFL club after posting a video of a disgusting act amid the flood crisis that has gripped parts of the country.

The Brisbane Lions star is among the thousands of Queensland residents that have been affected by floodwaters that have left at least seven people dead in the state.

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Robinson posted a video on his Twitter account showing the floodwaters that have engulfed his home.

"Just a bit of rain here in Brisbane," he captioned the video that showed his backyard and neighbouring properties under water.

Trying to inject a bit of humour into an otherwise grim situation, Robinson then decided to share another video on social media of him swimming 'laps' in his backyard.

Sporting a pair of goggles, the AFL larrikin stripped down to his swimming togs and proceeded to swim across his lawn, which was under several metres of water.

Dubbed on the clip is commentary from Bruce McAvaney calling an Olympic swimming event as Robinson pretends to race in his yard.

Backlash over Mitch Robinson stunt

As light-hearted as his intentions might have been, many were critical of Robinson's decision to make light of a very serious crisis.

Others merely questioned whether swimming in floodwaters contaminated by sewage was a wise move.

“Mate you can practically see the gastro radiating from the water”, one user commented, while another stated: "Last time Brisbane flooded there were official warnings about the water because it was absolutely HEAVING with human waste.”

Queensland's government even put out an alert on one of their websites saying: “Environmental conditions after storms and floods increase the risk for infectious diseases” while NSW Health added: “Flood waters contaminated with sewage may carry a range of viruses, bacteria and parasites.”

Robinson even hit back at one Twitter user who said swimming in those conditions was “not the smartest thing you’ve ever done” and “I don’t want you to get sick”.

“Grow up Helen,” Robinson replied.

“Could get sick walking into a cafe, don’t know why you’d feel the need to tweet that.”

Flood crisis worsens in QLD and NSW

At least seven people are confirmed to have ben killed in Queensland's floods with life-threatening flash flooding under way and thousands of homes and businesses set to be inundated in Brisbane.

Multiple emergency flood alerts are in place for about 140 city suburbs, with 2145 homes and 2356 businesses set to be fully submerged by a 4m flood peak on Monday morning's high tide.

Another 10,827 properties will be partially flooded above the floorboards as waters rise to less than half a metre below the 4.46m flood level reached in 2011.

Brisbane council has warned residents along the river to prepare to evacuate, including in Brisbane CBD, Newstead, West End, New Farm, Milton, St Lucia, Bulimba, South Brisbane, Toowong and Rocklea.

Northern NSW has also been smashed by floodwaters, with people in the city of Lismore forced to evacuate due to water levels not seen since 1974.

The Bureau of Meteorology says the Wilson River could peak at 14 metres on Monday night, surpassing the previous record of 12.4 metres.

"It's due to be Lismore's biggest flood in history," Lismore Mayor Steve Krieg told Sydney radio 2GB on Monday morning.

“This has caught everyone a little bit off guard, the speed at which the river has risen.”

Around 15,000 people have been evacuated on the north coast so far.

with AAP

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