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Evacuation orders have been issued as Tropical Cyclone Alfred edges towards land.

Evacuation orders extended as Alfred bears down on northern NSW

Areas from the Tweed on the far north coast, inland at Lismore, and as far south as Port Macquarie are subject to the orders as Cyclone Alfred edges closer.

  • Riley Walter and Amber Schultz

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Enhanced infrared satellite image showing clouds around Tropical Cyclone Alfred on Wednesday.

Alfred to slow and lessen in severity, but window of destruction remains open

Cyclone Alfred may be downgraded to a category 1 storm by the time it makes landfall early on Saturday – about 24 hours later than first expected.

  • Riley Walter, Amber Schultz and Kayla Olaya
Intermittent heavy rainfall from Cyclone Alfred made for wet work for the employees of Brads Butchery in Lismore as they evacuated their workplace.

How Cyclone Alfred is impacting Northern NSW

Supermarkets, health clinics, transport, schools and roads have all been impacted by Cyclone Alfred. Here’s what you need to know.

  • Kayla Olaya
A bird’s eye view of the coastline between Ballina and Lennox – both suburbs that present buying opportunities than its more expensive neighbour Byron.

‘Byron 20 years ago’: Best towns if you can’t afford Byron Bay

Even locals are relocating along the coast for more affordable living and deeper community ties that the popular locale once had.

  • Carmen Forward
Vicki McCarty is selling a home built by her parents.

Where you can buy a beach house in NSW under $1.5m, $1m and $750,000

The typical house in Byron Bay now costs more than $2 million, but buyers who look a little further along the coast can spend much less.

  • Carmen Forward
The Big Prawn.

Eclipsed by its hip neighbour, this town has two things Byron doesn’t

Amid the glamorous surrounds of a Bunnings car park, the Big Prawn rises like Kilimanjaro from the plains.

  • David Whitley
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Busselton’s famous jetty.

More than just a gateway: 10 Australian airport towns worth visiting

Most people who fly into these destinations immediately head to a higher-profile place nearby. Here’s why you should linger a little longer.

  • David Whitley
GIF: Planes and robot boats map the Northern Rivers to help CSIRO scientists recreate floods of the region.

In the Northern Rivers, planes have been criss-crossing the sky to recreate a disaster

Improbable as it sounds, Jai Vaze is bringing the February 2022 disaster back to life in his Canberra laboratory.

  • Heath Gilmore
Ballina’s property market has cooled.

The NSW sea change towns where house prices fell most

Interest rate rises and a return to CBD offices have taken the heat out of popular towns, although some areas are showing signs of renewed confidence.

  • Tawar Razaghi and Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
A file photograph of a red imported fire ant.

Businesses in lockdown as fire ants found further south in NSW

The red ant nest has been eradicated, and the ants are no longer considered a risk to the community living in the immediate area.

  • Sarah McPhee and Amber Schultz

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