1 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the update. I'm Grace Barlow. Fresh modeling 2 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: has revealed tropical cyclone Alfred now isn't likely to make 3 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:17,239 Speaker 1: landfall until early Saturday morning. The category two system is 4 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: currently two hundred and forty five kilometers east of Brisbane 5 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: and moving west at ten k is an hour. People 6 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,319 Speaker 1: between Cape Byron in Queensland and Grafton in New South 7 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: Wales are being warned to brace for its impact. Queensland 8 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: Premier David Chrisofolie says Galfaur's winds have already brought on 9 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: the first power outages. 10 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 2: We'll see more of that and I want Queenslanders to 11 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,599 Speaker 2: know that we will get them reconnected as quickly as possible. 12 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 2: We have prepositioned a really large number of staff who 13 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 2: are ready to assist. 14 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 1: While flights are being grounded at airports across Queensland and 15 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:54,279 Speaker 1: New South Wales. There are no services operating in and 16 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: out of Gold Coast and Ballana Byron Airport. Flights in 17 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: and out of Brisbane are also being scrapped now. Treasurer 18 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: Jim Chalmers is calling on insurance companies to do all 19 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: they can to expedite insurance claims in the wake of cyclone. 20 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: Alfred Mister Chalmers says he's had extensive conversations with the 21 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 1: CEOs of major insurers overnight and they understand their responsibilities 22 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: and obligations. 23 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 3: We want to see these claims processed very quickly. We 24 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 3: want to see them processed efficiently. We've made that clear 25 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 3: to the insurance companies. But we also need to make 26 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 3: sure that people are kind of the person at the 27 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 3: other end of the phone line, because there's a good 28 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 3: chance that they're also impacted. 29 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 1: Two other news, the United States has gone into direct 30 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: negotiations with a terrorist organization for the first time in history. 31 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 1: The Trump administration is holding talks with Hamas about the 32 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:47,199 Speaker 1: release of hostages in Gaza, just hours after the US 33 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: President issued a final warning to set the captive. Israelis 34 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: free and housing is one of the leading drivers of 35 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: regional migration. New data has found families are moving out 36 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: of the city to achieve home ownership, but it's inflating 37 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: property prices in the bush. Sport and entertainment are next 38 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: in Sport. Sydney has confirmed two debutants for tomorrow night's 39 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: AFL season opener at the SCG, Tom Hanneley and Ex 40 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: Saint Ben Patten will play their first game for the 41 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: Swans against the Hawks, and Ozzie's Chris O'Connell and Lulu's 42 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: Sun have won their matches at the Indian Wells Tennis Open, 43 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: Alexander Vukich was knocked out. In entertainment news, ice Cube 44 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: is trapped in his Gold Coast hotel as Alfred prepares 45 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: to make landfall. The Rappi is currently on tour in Australia. 46 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 1: Jennifer Ghanna is apparently not interested in rekindling her relationship 47 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: with Ben Affleck. The Ex's sent fans into a frenzy 48 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 1: yesterday after they were spotted embracing while taking their teenage 49 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: kids for a game of paintball. And Steve Carell has 50 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: surprise high school students affected by the LA fires with 51 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: free prom tickets. And that's the latest from the Nova 52 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: podcast team. I'll have another episode of the Update for 53 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: you tomorrow.