After being named 2024 College Dux and receiving the prestigious Anthony Family Trophy, Douglas Shire local Tully Smith ...

Gift cards initiative to revive Gold Coast tourism after cyclone In an effort to revive the tourism industry after the impact of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the Gold Coast is offering visitors the ...

Resurfacing of the Captain Cook Highway at Palm Cove is scheduled to start first thing next week, weather permitting. Temporary speed limits, some road and lane closures, workers directing cars and ...

Heavy flooding has cut parts of the Bruce Highway to traffic between Cardwell and Ingham, leaving small businesses to bare ...

In 2023 ex-tropical cyclone Jasper and the Gold Coast, Scenic Rim and Logan Christmas storms cost the state about $2bn. December’s Commonwealth mid-year budget update booked $11.6bn for disaster ...

But he said the pool provisioned $91m to cover Cyclone Jasper losses against its ultimate $409m insured losses. “It is still too early to know the full impact of Alfred; however, to put it in ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred was expected to become the first cyclone to cross the east Australian coast near the Queensland state capital since 1974. Residents were told to brace themselves for the ...

It’s a situation the Sunshine State is familiar with. Tourism authorities in Far-north Queensland in 2023 said Cyclone Jasper, which caused destruction just before Christmas in 2023, cost the ...

Cyclone Jasper in 2023, the most rainfall-intensive cyclone in Australia’s history, resulted in insurers paying out A$409 million from 10,500 claims. Cyclone Tracy in 1974 remains the costliest ...

It was such an iconic photography subject, especially at sunrise,” she said. Cyclone Alfred caused widespread coastal erosion along Australia’s eastern seaboard, with maritime experts saying ...