The Crisafulli Government has marked a milestone achievement, with all State schools closed due to ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred reopening on Monday. The final school was Helensvale State High School, ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to cost Australia about A$1.2 billion, impacting the GDP by reducing it by a quarter ...

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 product in the March ...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers addresses the media while in Brisbane to discuss the allowance and payments for those hit hardest by ...

The opening weekend of AFL may have fallen flat with just two games, but a full round of matches was enough for records to be ...

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

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will say on Tuesday that though it is still too early to quantify the cyclone's full impacts on the economy, the event would dent the country's quarterly growth, according to ...

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

Rio Tinto is donating $1 million to the Australian Red Cross, a Queensland Government-approved agency, to help communities ...

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Short-term budget relief could hurt Australians in the long haul, economists warn, as politicians prepare to open their ...

Advocates say a more resilient telecommunications network is needed to ensure vulnerable people aren't left stranded during ...