The Bureau of Meteorology says Alfred's movements are an "evolving situation", as some south-east Queensland supermarkets shut their doors and public transport halts in anticipation of its landfall.
Predictions on Thursday morning had put the storm crossing in the early hours of Friday morning, and before that, at high tide in the middle of Thursday night.
A Queensland man and a New South Wales man are among 25 people charged as part of a global police investigation into AI-generated child abuse material.
A teenager who survived on lollies, a muesli bar and creek water after becoming lost for three days south-west of Brisbane says he has "no plans" of going hiking again anytime soon.
First announced in 2016, the project has been marred by cost blowouts, with the original price tag climbing from $944 million to more than $1.55 billion.