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Residents prepare for the first cyclone in 51 years to hit the Australian coast near Brisbane

Residents are stacking sandbags to protect low-lying properties ahead of a tropical cyclone that is forecast to become the first in 51 years to hit the Australian east coast near Brisbane, the nation’s third-most populous city

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Afternoon Update: hunkering down for Tropical Cyclone Alfred; Trump ‘just getting started’; and do TikTok gut health fads actually work

Queenslanders in cyclone’s path urged to evacuate as storm expected to make landfall early on Friday between Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast

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Wright back, Reds brace for O'Connor's inside knowledge

Ex-Queensland star James O'Connor is vowing to do everything he can to help the Crusaders bring the Reds unstuck in Sunday's Super Rugby clash in Christchurch.

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Brisbane on alert: these maps show the suburbs most likely to flood during Cyclone Alfred

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is forecast to strike densely populated areas of southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales. Brisbane, home to more than 2.5 million people, is among the places in the storm’s path.

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‘Don’t panic, do prepare’: why it’s not too late to plan for Cyclone Alfred

For millions of people in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales, Cyclone Alfred will be their first experience living through a cyclone. Alfred is forecast to make landfall about 2am on Friday morning.

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Cyclone Alfred is bearing down. Here’s how it grew so fierce – and where it’s expected to hit

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is strengthening as it bears down on the coast of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales, prompting fears it may become a destructive category 3 cyclone before it makes landfall.

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Reds ready to fly players home pre-match if needed

The Queensland Reds are doing all they can to take care of players' families back in Brisbane while the team prepare to play the Crusaders in Christchurch.

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Wild Weather Amping Up As Cyclone Alfred’s ‘Destructive Core’ Moves Towards The Qld Coast

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has confirmed that evacuation procedures are underway for those in seriously affected areas.

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Crisafulli urges residents to prepare as storm approaches – as it happened

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Sandbags to iron fences: millions braces for cyclone

From iron gates to sandbags, people are using what they can to prepare for a tropical cyclone due to hit a built-up coastal area for the first time in 50 years.

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PM scraps WA visit due to cyclone, plays down poll date

Anthony Albanese has called off a trip to WA ahead of the state election because of the looming threat Tropical Cyclone Alfred poses to Queensland and NSW.

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Cyclone Alfred map tracker: When and where will the Category 2 storm make landfall?

Millions of people in Queensland and northern New South Wales under warnings to hunker down or evacuate, with flights, trains, buses and schools suspended

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How To Prepare For Cyclone Alfred Before It Hits QLD & Northern NSW This Week

Stay safe out there!!

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Health alert as mosquito virus spreads in three states

A second case of the deadly Japanese encephalitis has been detected in regional Victoria after a handful of cases were reported in NSW and Queensland.

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Cyclone forces AFL to postpone, NRL move to Sydney

The NRL has moved the Dolphins clash with South Sydney out of Brisbane, after the AFL postponed games in Queensland amid cyclone warnings.

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Tropical Cyclone Alfred intensifies as latest forecast predicts landfall just north of Brisbane

BoM data prediction says path of TC Alfred shows it tracking to hit Queensland coast overnight on Thursday

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Cyclone Alfred Upgraded To Category 2, Expected To Head Towards Southeast Queensland Today

It's the first cyclone to strike the area in 50 years.

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Morning Mail: Gender pay gap nearly $30,000, Albanese approval slips again, Trump’s latest Zelenskyy barb

Latest figures show 75% of companies have gender pay gap

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Shop shelves stripped as residents sandbag for cyclone

Operators of a popular boat club nervously watching water lap at its doors are among millions of people frantically preparing for the arrival of a cyclone.

The Guardian - AU

How Bureau of Meteorology modelling predicts the path of cyclones like Alfred

Residents in Brisbane and elsewhere along Queensland’s south-east coast, as well as people in far-north NSW, are bracing for the tropical cyclone

The Guardian - AU

NSW public schools to be fully funded by 2034, leaving Queensland as only state outside deal

Commonwealth will pay for a quarter of public school funding, up from a fifth, replicating an agreement reached with South Australia and Victoria last month

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Australia braces for rare tropical cyclone Alfred as residents warned to ‘get out now’

Category 1 cyclone intensifying off Queensland’s coast expected to be one of region’s most destructive in decades

The Guardian - AU

Secure the boat, pile sandbags and hunker down: Queensland’s Bribie Island braces for Cyclone Alfred

With the storm heading towards the state’s south-east coast and surging tides already gushing over parts of the low-lying island, one stoic resident says ‘I should be fine. I’ve got good neighbours’

The Independent UK

Australian navy rescues adventurer who hit a cyclone while rowing across the Pacific Ocean

An Australian warship has rescued a Lithuanian solo rower who ran into a tropical cyclone while attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean from California

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Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit southeast Queensland – the first in 50 years to strike so far south

If you’re in southeast Queensland, brace yourself.

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