SYDNEY (Reuters) -The Australian treasury expects costs from Tropical Cyclone Alfred to be about A$1.2 billion ($759 million), shaving off a quarter of a percentage point from its gross domestic ...

A new tourism campaign launching on Tuesday will aim to entice travellers back to Brisbane as economic data reveals the ...

Rio Tinto has donated $1 million to the Australian Red Cross, a non-profit community services charity, in a bid to help ...

Politicians have been warned against "election sweeteners" as economists flag growing fiscal holes in Australia's budget.

The Treasurer will on Tuesday tell the Queensland Media Club there will also be a $1.2 billion hit to gross domestic product ...

With residents across the east coast still clearing up their homes, the tales of survival and hope are slowly starting to ...

Southern Queenslanders dodged disaster with ex-tropical cyclone Alfred, but are being warned to do more to prepare for more ...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has revealed Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to cost the Queensland economy $1.2 billion and ...

A kangaroo called “Skippy" was rescued after Tropical Cyclone Alfred recently battered Australia, producing heavy rains and ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred was expected to become the first cyclone to cross the east Australian coast near the Queensland state capital since 1974. Residents were told to brace themselves for the ...

The man overseeing Queensland’s disaster response and recovery took a holiday as Cyclone Alfred smashed South East Queensland ...

Organisers of two of the Gold Coast’s biggest sporting events are in a frantic race against the clock to the starting line ...