With hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across southern Queensland and northern New South Wales without power, questions are inevitably turning to the strength of the electricity system.

Anthony Albanese has vowed to hold insurers to account backing claims they have been ripping off homeowners who are now dealing with the ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred aftermath.

Politicians of all stripes have cashed in on the extreme weather in the northern state, but the treasurer was the standout.

In the aftermath of the devastation caused by ex-Cyclone Alfred, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has addressed the challenges ...

Treacherous beaches, fallen powerlines and infectious, debris-riddled floodwater are among some of the hazards being ...

Torrential rain from Cyclone Alfred floods Australia's east coast, leaving thousands without power and prompting flood ...

Hundreds of thousands of people were without power in Queensland and flood warnings remain in place across New South Wales after ex-Cyclone Alfred left a trail of destruction along Australia’s east ...

Australians will head to the polls for the next federal election sometime in the next six months or so – although when ...

This is the sting in Alfred’s tail. These storms are drawing down very warm, moist air from the Coral Sea in the north. If ...

Although now classified as a tropical low, the effects of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred have been felt most severely in the Gold ...