Tropical Cyclone Alfred has officially changed direction and is now heading towards the south-east Queensland coast, the Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to cross the south-east Queensland coast later this week, bringing significant wind, rain and coastal impacts.

A father killed in an alleged hit and run in Perth is being remembered as “one in a million”. A Perth-bound Qantas aircraft swiftly diverted, when the pilot declared an on-board emergency due to smoke filling the cockpit.

It will be the first time the south-east has been in the direct firing line of a tropical cyclone in several decades.

Queenslanders are heeding warnings to stock up on essentials as the region prepares for the onslaught of Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

Travellers have been warned to watch for updates amid the impending landfall of severe Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit Australia’s east coast later this week. Here's where it is likely to strike.

Millions of residents along Australia’s east coast are on high alert for the arrival of Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

As tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall in Queensland later this week, councils in the state’s southeast have begun to reduce services including ferries and kerbside collection. The cyclone is currently approximately 560 kilometres off the east coast of the state,