Australians will head to the polls for the next federal election sometime in the next six months or so – although when ...

After romping to a massive third-term victory, Premier Roger Cook says Labor has similar election-winning policies at a ...

The leaders of the major parties are acutely aware that a misstep when responding to a natural disaster can have major political consequences.

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese warned that there is “worse to come” as ex-cyclone Alfred fierce winds and heavy ...

West Australian Premier Roger Cook will use his massive election victory, his booming personal popularity and the ...

The Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment, a one-off payment of $1,000 for adults and $400 for children, will be available to individuals who have been significantly impacted by the disaster ...

Ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred has been downgraded to a tropical low, as it approaches Australia’s eastern coast. Although the ...

Natural disasters require politicians — along with everyone else — to try to lift themselves out of the political twirl and ...

(Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of people in Australia's Queensland state were without power on Sunday after Alfred, a downgraded tropical cyclone, brought damaging winds and heavy rains, sparking ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred could have been known as Cyclone Anthony, before a switch from the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). The ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred, a category 2 storm, is set to impact Brisbane with severe weather, and panic buying has kicked in.