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The Bureau of Meteorology's latest forecast track map for Tropical Cyclone Alfred, as of 7pm Friday. Picture: Bureau of Meteorology.

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Areas most at ‘risk’ amid cyclone

The areas most at risk as Tropical Cyclone Alfred approaches land have been revealed after residents were warned to stay home.

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A man has been filmed appearing to wash windows on the Gold Coast as Cyclone Alfred bears down. Picture: Carl Hendy

Man’s insane act in middle of cyclone

A video was uploaded to X, showing the man, in shorts and a singlet, with a squeegee in one hand and a sponge in the other.

LISMORE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - MARCH 7, 2025: Lismore prepares for the expected deluge from Cyclone AlfredÃs expected arrival on Saturday by closing off low lying areas. Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

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Man washed into floodwaters as Alfred nears

Crews are searching for a man who was washed into floodwaters while driving over a bridge in his 4WD as Tropical Cyclone Alfred nears.

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‘Houses will be washed away’: Lismore braces for brunt of TC Alfred

While floods are a routine part of life in NSW’s Northern Rivers, locals are worried about people’s lives and the danger posed by the “worst weather event in 45 years”.

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Meet the newest members of the Sydney Metro workforce. Goats have been put to work on Australia's biggest public transport project, clearing the site around Sydney Metro's precast facility at Eastern Creek. The goats are clearing land along the alignment of the Eastern Tunnelling Package (ETP), where John Holland CPB Contractors Ghella Joint Venture (JCG) has been awarded the contract to design and build the tunnels for the multi-billion-dollar Sydney Metro West project. The 17-hectare precast facility is located at Eastern Creek in western Sydney and was purpose-built to support the construction of Sydney Metro West that will connect Greater Parramatta to the Sydney CBD. The ETP includes the construction of 3.5-kilometre tunnels under Sydney Harbour between The Bays and Sydney CBD, and the excavation of Pyrmont and Hunter Street stations. . Picture: Morris McLennan

Bizarre scenes at new metro site

The Sydney Metro West project has been taken over by a group of goats but it’s for a good reason.

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Meet the newest members of the Sydney Metro workforce. Goats have been put to work on Australia's biggest public transport project, clearing the site around Sydney Metro's precast facility at Eastern Creek. The goats are clearing land along the alignment of the Eastern Tunnelling Package (ETP), where John Holland CPB Contractors Ghella Joint Venture (JCG) has been awarded the contract to design and build the tunnels for the multi-billion-dollar Sydney Metro West project. The 17-hectare precast facility is located at Eastern Creek in western Sydney and was purpose-built to support the construction of Sydney Metro West that will connect Greater Parramatta to the Sydney CBD. The ETP includes the construction of 3.5-kilometre tunnels under Sydney Harbour between The Bays and Sydney CBD, and the excavation of Pyrmont and Hunter Street stations. . Picture: Morris McLennan

Bizarre scenes at new metro site

The Sydney Metro West project has been taken over by a group of goats but it’s for a good reason.

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Chris Bowen and Peter Dutton collage.

Dutton to ditch 2030 climate change targets

Labor says Peter Dutton’s decision to change a legally enshrined reduced emissions target if he wins the next federal election would damage Australia’s standing in the world.

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Dutton to ditch 2030 climate change targets

Labor says Peter Dutton’s decision to change a legally enshrined reduced emissions target if he wins the next federal election would damage Australia’s standing in the world.

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WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. , PLEASE CONTACT WEEKEND PIC EDITOR JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. , Claude the leaf thief caught green handed. Claude (because he has big claws) has eaten about $6000 worth of koala food tree seedlings … they’re well watered and fertilised so they’d be top shelf stuff for big Claude ... who certainly appears well fed. This nursery supplies trees for WWF’s koala plantings . Please credit Eastern Forest Nursery.

‘Leaf thief’: Cheeky koala’s costly antics

A brazen koala who ate about $6000 worth of seedlings has inspired a nursery to help out his mates by planting more trees.

WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. , PLEASE CONTACT WEEKEND PIC EDITOR JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. , Claude the leaf thief caught green handed. Claude (because he has big claws) has eaten about $6000 worth of koala food tree seedlings … they’re well watered and fertilised so they’d be top shelf stuff for big Claude ... who certainly appears well fed. This nursery supplies trees for WWF’s koala plantings . Please credit Eastern Forest Nursery.

‘Leaf thief’: Cheeky koala’s costly antics

A brazen koala who ate about $6000 worth of seedlings has inspired a nursery to help out his mates by planting more trees.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, June 08, 2024. A car submerged under floodwater from the swollen Hawkesbury River, in north Richmond Sydney: Picture: NewsWire / Flavio Brancaleone

‘Still rising’: Flood warnings after heavy rain

Heavy rainfall over the past few days has caused flooding in several parts of the Hawkesbury and Nepean area, forcing residents to evacuate.

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CANBERRA, Australia, NewsWire Photos. June 6, 2024: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Albo slams Coalition’s ‘nuclear fantasy’

Speaking to business leaders, the Prime Minister hit out at the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan that he said delayed “real action” on climate change.

Motorists fix snow chains to their cars after heavy snow dump left the Thredbo road clogged with traffic. New South Wales (NSW / Mountain / Weather

Major warning for tourists heading to snow

Holidayers heading to the snow for the opening weekend of the ski season have been issued an urgent warning by police.

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Flood warnings have been issues for swathes of NSW as the state faces another day of heavy rainfall. Picture: Weather Zone

‘Five in one’: Wild scenes as heavy rain hits

Emergency services are urging NSW residents to stay safe, as the state is smashed by wild weather, with heavy rain, thunder and lightning hammering the area.

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