Toowoomba has helped smuggle the victorious Brisbane Broncos back into Queensland, with Wellcamp Airport playing a pivotal role in getting the team home in time for Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

A woman is dead after a shooting in Toowoomba, with two major streets blocked off and residents being urged to stay inside.

More than 330,000 homes remain without power across south-east Queensland as Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred moves inland.

Officers arrived to find the woman on the footpath. Queensland Ambulance Service said the woman was taken to Toowoomba Hospital with life-threatening gunshot wounds, where she she

Brisbane skipper Adam Reynolds admits he fears about the great “unknown” of the Cyclone Alfred threat after Broncos players made an emergency dash home overnight.

As the emergency situation relating to Tropical Cyclone Alfred continues to evolve, residents have plenty of questions about what to prepare for, when the worst will hit and what they can expect.

A host of cafes, restaurants and retailers are trading this morning while Coles and Woolworths supermarkets, Bunnings Hardware stores and shopping centres will begin opening across the weekend.

The Broncos have arrived home in Brisbane on a charter flight, leaving Sydney straight after steamrolling the Roosters in their NRL round-one clash.

With all flights to Brisbane cancelled, Redcliffe’s rugby league stars looked to be stranded down south until at least Sunday – until Toowoomba’s aviation legends stepped up yet again.

Residents are urged to tidy up their properties now ahead of Cyclone Alfred’s arrival. The category 2 cyclone is expected to make landfall north of Brisbane, about 7am on Friday, bringing heavy rain and damaging wind. It will track west slowly with effects being felt in the Lockyer Valley and Darling Downs on Friday afternoon.

An affordable build-to-rent development proposed for a car park in regional Queensland has won fast-tracked approval from the state government. The Brisbane Housing Company project in Toowoomba City will replace a car park on Station Street.

With Cyclone Alfred approaching, the Brisbane Broncos wasted little time in leaving Sydney following their big win over the Roosters.