Japanese encephalitis spreads via mosquitoes. It has been detected in Brisbane’s eastern suburbs and claimed two lives in NSW. Here’s what you need to know about it.

Cyclone Alfred has blown a $1.2 billion hole in the upcoming federal budget, according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers.The government has announced an extension to the disaster recovery allowance and ...

We have to make sure that something good comes out of the misery of a cyclone at one end of the state and a flood at the other.” ...