Amy Roulston

2 months ago | skynews.com.au | Amy Roulston |David Wu

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is likely less than 24 hours away from making landfall, with the impacts of the ferocious system already being felt along Australia's east coast. The Bureau of Meteorology is advising the category two weather system is now expected to strike close to Moreton Bay, between Noosa and CoolangattaThe centre of Alfred is expected to cross the coast Friday night or early Saturday morning.

2 months ago | skynews.com.au | Amy Roulston |Bryant Hevesi

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned the government is “preparing for the worst” as Tropical Cyclone Alfred continues to crawl towards the south-east Queensland Coast, with the natural disaster expected to cause "billions of dollars" of damage. Alfred is set to cross the coast between Brisbane and the Gold Coast sometime late Friday or early Saturday and will bring potentially destructive wind gusts of up to 155km/h. The cyclone is lingering in the Coral Sea longer than anticipated.

2 months ago | skynews.com.au | Bryant Hevesi |Amy Roulston

Thousands of Victorian public servants will soon be out of a job after the Allan government ordered an independent review into state spending amid soaring debt. A day after a damning report revealed major projects had blown out by more than $11 billion in the last year, Premier Jacinta Allan told reporters on Thursday the government needed to have a "laser focus on every dollar of expenditure".

Feb 7, 2025 | skynews.com.au | Amy Roulston |Adriana Mageros

Queensland teenager Charlize Zmuda's dad has revealed the moment he heard sirens and knew his 17-year-old daughter was killed in a shark attack on Monday. Charlize was swimming off Woorim Beach near Rickman Parade on Monday when she was attacked by a shark about 4.45pm, suffering critical injuries to her upper body. Paramedics and the fire service rushed to the scene and desperately tried to save the teenager but she died at the scene.

Jan 31, 2025 | skynews.com.au | Amy Roulston |Sumaiya Chowdhure

New South Wales Police have doubled investigative resources to tackle the rising antisemitic crisis in Sydney, with Premier Chris Minns urging that governments need to take proactive steps to combat hate crime and cannot put the country on “autopilot” and hope for the best. Officers have increased their proactive patrols of schools, places of worship and communities across the city in the wake of multiple attacks.