Cyclone Alfred hands Chalmers $1.2b clean-up bill plus hit to GDP
The Treasurer will on Tuesday tell the Queensland Media Club there will also be a $1.2 billion hit to gross domestic product ...
Cyclone Alfred to cost budget $1.2 billion, hit growth and push up inflation: Chalmers
The cyclone looks set to hit many household budgets – from higher building costs to damaged crops raising prices on staples like fruit and vegetables.
Chalmers reveals Alfred’s damage to the budget, inflation and growth
With just a week until Jim Chalmers delivers the budget, two think tanks say both sides of politics have to come up with ways ...
Budget warning after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred wreaked havoc on Australians in Queensland and NSW and now its impact on Commonwealth coffers has ...
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Vehicle to Load: Why electric cars can be uncommonly useful in cyclones
While the technology may not be widely known, V2L has appeared in Australian vehicles since 2021 and can power several large ...
Laidley keeps flooding but no-one wants to leave the Southern Queensland town
Has she ever thought about leaving the flood-prone town of Laidley in Queensland's Lockyer Valley? "You can't. You can't get ...
NSW and Queensland residents warned of mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus
A potentially deadly virus was detected for the first time in Queensland’s capital as the state health authority issued warnings about the mosquito-borne disease in the wake of extreme weather ...
Billionaires are racing to extend human life by decades. They are closer than you think
Australian-born Harvard geneticist David Sinclair says reversing the symptoms of ageing in animals and humans is now possible ...
Potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus found for first time in Brisbane
A potentially deadly mosquito borne virus has been detected in Brisbane for the first time. Health experts raised the alarm ...