Queensland

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rallied the country to ‘hope for the best, but prepare for the worst’, with Tropical Cyclone Alfred now less than 24 hours from landfall on Australia’s eastern coastline. 

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued updated advice on Tropical Cyclone Alfred, warning those in the path of the entire system not to get complacent.

‘Stay safe Queensland.’

As millions of residents rise from a sleepless night ahead of Cyclone Alfred’s landfall, here is a list of critical alert information you need to know. 

Residents remain on high alert as the category 2 storm approaches the coast.

Residents across Queensland and New South Wales are bracing for Cyclone Alfred’s landfall, now expected on Saturday morning, with videos showing its wild and destructive force.

The Bureau of Meteorology has amended the landfall impact zone for Cyclone Alfred as the storm continues to build and the SES field thousands of distress calls.

Queensland’s Department of Environment is investigating.

A Queensland Police officer has been stood down and charged after winding up in an alleged drink driving incident. 

Police have shot dead a wanted man near a Gold Coast college after a frightening confrontation.

The daring adventurer did ‘at least 30 full flips’ as he tried to row his boat solo through the storm.

‘A’-Day is imminent and vast populations of the eastern seaboard of Australia are now bunkered in ‘safe’ spaces awaiting the arrival of Cyclone Alfred.

‘We’re all heartbroken.’

Two men decided to ‘interrogate’ an associate and it degenerated into bloodshed, murder and hiding a corpse in a pit full of concrete, a prosecutor said.

Locals in Queensland and New South Wales are bracing for a tropical cyclone to hit their region for the first time in more than 50 years, triggering destructive winds and flooding.