Battle lines have been drawn in the Gold Coast’s seats for the May federal election but the ghost of outgoing MP Karen ...

While flooding is normally the main ... coast. The absence of systems contrasts with a period of frequent landfalls from the 1950s to 1970s which caused significant damage to both NSW and south ...

It is unusual for cyclones to hit the coast of ... occurred further south in northern NSW with thousands of people evacuated in Murwillumbah and Lismore. Landslides cut the main rail line in ...

See how the situation is unfolding across northern NSW and south-east Queensland below ... tower is surrounded by water on Main Beach, Gold Coast that has been damaged by record-breaking waves ...

A harmful algal bloom of Karenia mikimotoi made dozens of surfers sick and killed seadragons, fish and octopuses on two South ...

NSW Reconstruction Authority head Mal Lanyon has also head to the region as his team prepares for the aftermath. An Essential Energy spokeswoman — the main ... North Coast in the south, up ...

RELATED: Follow our live Cyclone Alfred coverage here Communities in Queensland and NSW ... Coast, Byron Bay and Ballina. More than half a million homes could be damaged if Alfred makes landfall ...

The system is expected to make landfall somewhere between Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast ... to the NSW border at Coolangatta. Hundreds of schools will close in Queensland and New South ...

However, it is now forecast to cross the Queensland coast in the early hours of Saturday morning. Early in Friday morning, the NSW State Emergency Service said it had received more than 6000 calls ...

Damaging wind gusts up to 120km/h are expected to develop along the south-east Queensland and north-east NSW coast during Wednesday, the Bureau warned. NSW Premier Chris Minns issued a statement ...

and are forecast to extend to northern New South Wales coast from Monday." The BOM said heavy to locally intense rainfall is forecast for southeast Queensland and northeastern NSW from Wednesday ...