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Mar 9, 2025 | 
couriermail.com.au | Andreas Nicola |Isabella Pesch |Rose Innes |Iwan Jones
Will my school open? Premier’s key messagesSupermarkets reopen but with a catchQueenslanders have been warned to remain alert as ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred’s dangerous aftermath continues to unfold, with one region warned of 2011-level flooding as another copped a 433mm overnight drenching, with a number of disaster declarations in place. At 1pm, flood sirens sounded in Grantham, with the Lockyer Valley Regional Council warning residents to “move to higher ground”.
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Mar 9, 2025 | 
cairnspost.com.au | Andreas Nicola |Isabella Pesch |Rose Innes |Iwan Jones
Nearly 100,000 homes and businesses across Brisbane and the City of Moreton Bay have been left without power, with residents warned intense rainfall was still to come on Monday. Already streets and back yards – many of which were flooded in 2022 – were being inundated as creeks broke their banks.
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Mar 9, 2025 | 
townsvillebulletin.com.au | Andreas Nicola |Isabella Pesch |Rose Innes |Iwan Jones
Nearly 100,000 homes and businesses across Brisbane and the City of Moreton Bay have been left without power, with residents warned intense rainfall was still to come on Monday. Already streets and back yards – many of which were flooded in 2022 – were being inundated as creeks broke their banks.
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Mar 8, 2025 | 
dailytelegraph.com.au | Andreas Nicola |Rose Innes |Iwan Jones |Grace Koo
Don't miss out on the headlines from QLD weather news. Followed categories will be added to My News. The city has recorded over 150mm since 9am yesterday, with close to 50mm falling in the past hour. Photos have captured Kedroon Brook resembling a raging torrent, while Enoggera Creek has broken its banksYards have become inundated across eastern suburbs, including Boondall and Greenslopes, while cars are under water in Wilston and Stones Corner.
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Mar 8, 2025 | 
townsvillebulletin.com.au | Andreas Nicola |Rose Innes
South East Queensland has been hammered by category 1 winds overnight as ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred finally made landfall around 9pm between Brisbane and Maroochydore. Widespread damage has been reported across Redcliffe where wind gusts to 100km/h were recorded overnight, while 320,000 homes across the southeast are without power this morning. Residents in the city of Moreton Bay, home to half a million people, were issued a severe weather alert around 8.45pm asking them to stay indoors.
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Mar 8, 2025 | 
cairnspost.com.au | Andreas Nicola |Rose Innes
South East Queensland has been hammered by category 1 winds overnight as ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred finally made landfall around 9pm between Brisbane and Maroochydore. Widespread damage has been reported across Redcliffe where wind gusts to 100km/h were recorded overnight, while 320,000 homes across the southeast are without power this morning. Residents in the city of Moreton Bay, home to half a million people, were issued a severe weather alert around 8.45pm asking them to stay indoors.
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Mar 8, 2025 | 
heraldsun.com.au | Mikaela Mulveney |Rose Innes |Samantha Scott |Andreas Nicola |Thomas Chamberlin |Iwan Jones | +1 more
Brisbane homes were starting to lose power and planes struggling to land at the airport as the unpredictable Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred delivered category 1 cyclonic wind. Despite Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner on Saturday morning claiming Brisbane “dodged a bullet” overnight as the weather system weakened, Alfred reintensified by 8pm.
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Mar 8, 2025 | 
heraldsun.com.au | Nicola Mcnamara |Holly Fishlock |Rose Innes
A host of cafes, restaurants and retailers are trading on Saturday while Coles and Woolworths supermarkets, Bunnings Hardware stores, shopping centres fast food restaurants will begin reopening across the weekend. Coles have confirmed stores will open as soon as it is safe to do so, depending on damage, power and team availability, with supermarkets in Toowoomba reopened and others being assessed today.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
cairnspost.com.au | Rose Innes
Queensland university students will have an average of $5350 wiped from their HECS debts under a proposal from the federal Labor government if it is re-elected this year. The federal government plans to cut 20 per cent of all Australian student loan debts if they win the election. In the 2023-24 financial year, there were more than 600,000 higher education debtors in Queensland, owing a total of about $20bn.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
news.com.au | Rose Innes
Queensland university students will have an average of $5350 wiped from their HECS debts under a proposal from the federal Labor government if it is re-elected this year. The federal government plans to cut 20 per cent of all Australian student loan debts if they win the election. In the 2023-24 financial year, there were more than 600,000 higher education debtors in Queensland, owing a total of about $20bn.
