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The four-bedroom renovated house at 229 Thistle Street in northern Brisbane’s Gordon Park sold at auction for $1.925 million.

Cyclone Alfred’s insurance storm batters sturdy $1.925m sale

Four hours before the scheduled auction of this Brisbane property, companies refused to extend home cover. But that didn’t put buyers off.

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Cyclone Alfred hands Chalmers $1.2b clean-up bill plus hit to GDP

The Treasurer will on Tuesday tell the Queensland Media Club there will also be a $1.2 billion hit to gross domestic product in the March quarter, thanks to the wild weather.

F1 fans in the Pullman Hotel, opposite the track in Albert Park.

Grand Prix boosts hotel occupancy amid wider recovery

Domestic tourism is leading to a steady, if moderate, growth in bookings, but south-east Queensland and northern NSW have been hit hard by ex-tropical cyclone Alfred.

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Don’t want another Cyclone Alfred? This data says one’s coming

Hot temperatures in the world’s oceans are making storms and cyclones more destructive. Australia is uniquely vulnerable.

Tiana Miles with dolphin Zippa in Sea Wrold.

‘Superhuman’: Sea World staff slept at work to keep dolphins safe

As Tropical Cyclone Alfred crept towards south-east Queensland, Sea World set in motion a massive operation to ensure the park’s dolphins were safe.

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Flooded homes in Tingalpa, as a result of heavy rains.

The 210pc insurance tax you didn’t know you were paying

No other tax has such a large economic welfare loss. Despite the Henry Tax Review wanting them scrapped, taxes on insurance premiums continue to distort the market.

Our Space Cafe and pottery studio owner Jacquie Tapsall

This cafe owner took a gamble on flood insurance. She lost

The Insurance Council of Australia says nearly a quarter of homes in flood-prone areas don’t have appropriate insurance. Brisbane cafe owner Jacquie Tapsall says she could not afford it.

Wild weather had closed down major industries across south-east Queensland and northern NSW.

Beef exporters and farmers count the cost of Alfred

Lucrative export markets were hampered by ex-cyclone Alfred as fruit and vegetable farmers in Queensland count the cost.

Local residents wade through flood waters in Tingalpa on Brisbane’s Eastside.

Mayor marshalls ‘ute army’ to clean up Brisbane

Major developers say the effects of ex-typical cyclone Alfred will exacerbate pent-up workforce shortages and productivity problems that mean every project in South East Queensland already costs 20 per cent more than it should.

Some of Australia’s holiday coast has been hit by bad weather.

What to do if you have a holiday booked to Queensland

Flights are back, but the roads are chaos. Here are your options for cancelling flights as the impact of ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred lingers.

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has called Donald Trump a "big bully".

Trump slams ‘weak and ineffective’ Malcolm Turnbull

Donald Trump has taken a swing at former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull; Bruce Lehrmann switches solicitor ahead of rape trial. How the day unfolded.

Jim Chalmers talks weather with army personnel.

Jim wins the battle of Queensland as Dutton lies low

Politicians of all stripes have cashed in on the extreme weather in the northern state, but the treasurer was the standout.

Locals checking out the flood levels in Lismore on Saturday.

In flood-prone Lismore, an all-too familiar grind

Business owners in the NSW Northern Rivers town are counting the cost of shutting down to prepare for another flood emergency.

Iconic beaches stripped of sand could stay that way for months

Shorelines in tourism hotspots such as the Gold Coast and Byron Bay have been denuded by giant waves caused by the cyclone, and could take months to recover.

Alfred costing the economy $1b a day as Brisbane pummelled

Power remains cut to hundreds of thousands of residents as torrential rain causes flooding across Queensland’s capital.

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A rescue operation got under way after an army tanker rolled south of Lismore.

Army truck flips in storm zone as storm kills one

The body of a man swept away in floodwaters was found Saturday afternoon as Queensland and NSW authorities fear the looming flood threat of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred.

Lingering Alfred slows efforts to return power to hundreds of thousands

Almost 350,000 properties are without power as storms disrupt recovery efforts; Brisbane and Gold Coast airports will resume flights on Sunday. How the day unfolded.

Large waves, like this one pictured at Currumbin Vikings Surf Club, have been hammering the Gold Coast in recent days.

Cyclone 90km away from Gold Coast, latest BoM update shows

Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit cities on the east coast on Saturday; supermarket shelves are empty in Brisbane, and where is Gold Coast’s mayor? Follow live updates.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (right) has changed his election plans.

Labor dumps April election plans, prepares March budget amid cyclone threat

The federal government is ramping up preparations for a March budget after Cyclone Alfred upended Anthony Albanese’s plan to call an election this weekend.

Bruce Mathieson’s six-bedroom, two-storey, $16.8 million Albatross residence at Mermaid Beach has one of the biggest beachfront exposures in the area.

‘It’s scary’: Gold Coast business titans hunker down

Wild winds are battering Bruce Mathieson snr’s beachfront mansion while property developer Soheil Abedian is watching monster waves from his penthouse.

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