Homes, roads and parks are flooding in Brisbane as Cyclone Alfred brings more than a year’s worth of rain in 48 hours.Brisbane Times has collated the latest information on everything you need to know ...

A 44-year-old man has been charged with assault after an incident at a flood evacuation centre in the NSW Northern Rivers.

Tony Burke has ordered a snap security review of regional airports after a teen allegedly hijacked a flight at Victoria’s Avalon Airport armed with a loaded shotgun.

Queensland police are appealing for information about the whereabouts of an 18-year-old man reported missing from Logan.

More than 230,000 residents are still without power and police have issued urgent warnings as a dam spills over in the wake of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred.