Brisbane is bracing for Tropical Cyclone Alfred with heavy rain and winds expected, but there is time to prepared which everyone should be doing.

Brisbane City Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, "We went into the summer with 100,000 sandbags, which is double the number we normally have in the lead-up to summer."

"In the 2022 flood we, in one 24-hour period, distributed 37,000 sandbags in one day."

"Yesterday, 74,000 sandbags were distributed, so we're talking unprecedented, we've never been able to distribute so many sandbags in a 24-hour period."

"There's people that have been queuing up and there's a bit of frustration, but it's the pure demand that's there at the moment," Lord Mayor Schrinner said.

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Residents in Southeast Queensland have now been told to prepare for tropical Cyclone Alfred.

Acting Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service Shane Chelepy is the disaster coordinator for Queensland and he told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, " It's not something that might happen. All the modelling is showing that it'll track towards the coast."

"The only thing over the next day or so that will firm up will be exactly where it crosses."

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The Albanese Government has announced it will be investing a further $2.6 billion into the health sector to deliver another pay rise for 60,000 aged care nurses across Australia.

This will bring the government’s total investment in support of award wage increases for aged care workers to $17.7 billion.

Federal Aged Care Minister Anika Wells told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, "When we came to government about three years ago, the Registered Nurse Workforce Gap was about 13,000 nurses and now it's just under 1500 nurses."

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Queensland is on high alert with Tropical Cyclone Alfred tracking towards the South East. 

The Bureau of Meteorology has warned of up to 600mm of rain, life-threatening flooding and damaging winds.

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, "If you're at work today or if you get a chance to hang out across the back fence, just talk to somebody who may not be aware of the fact that this system is a prospect."

"It intensified overnight to a two and all of the modelling is showing that it's coming towards the coast."

"So, just let people know, get them connected and if that communication continues, I've got every faith that people will be a-okay," Premier Crisafulli said.

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The Federal Government announced over the weekend that they will introduce 50 new urgent care clinics spread out across the country.

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, "We're not building urgent care clinics in the sense of laying a concrete slab and building a new building."

"What we're doing in a particular region is putting out a call for general practices who want to take their practice to the next level," Mark Butler continued.

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The 2025 NRL season is officially underway with 45 thousand people witnessing four blockbuster matches at Allegiant Stadium.

Channel Nine's and 4BC's very own Peter Psaltis told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, "I'll give the Rugby League a big tick."

"How they make that up next year, I'm not sure, but it was interesting," Salty said.

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A major bus strike has been postponed after a deal was struck between Brisbane City Council and union leaders.

An agreement has been reached with bus drivers to get a 7.35 per cent pay rise over two years which is still well above inflation.

RTBU Sectary Tom Brown told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, "Are my members happy?"

"The answer is they will be when they get their money."

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