Hundreds of thousands of people in Australia's Queensland state are without power after Alfred, a downgraded tropical cyclone, brought damaging winds and heavy rains, sparking flood warnings. Some 316 ...

Phosphate was touted as the outback's next big thing, but the high cost of accessing state-owned rail lines has left another ...

The Australian Taxation Office extended work-from-home orders for its Queensland staff as widespread flooding inundates Brisbane and stretches south to New South Wales, despite Cyclone Alfred ...

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Rainfalls of up to 80 millimetres are forecast by the BOM in Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, while 50mm could fall in ...

While the national media was focused on the federal election announcement being delayed by Tropical Cyclone Alfred, for those ...