Tropical cyclone expected to make landfall in far north Queensland within hours. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Hello, I’ll be taking you through today’s breaking news. Thanks to Martin Farrer for opening our live blog. The resources minister, Madeleine King, says a new fuel taskforce will prioritise regional areas as petrol and diesel flows from the nation’s stockpile. There is a priority that fuel does go to regional areas and the places where it is needed. They have to come out of the storage tanks, as you can imagine. There has to be arrangements and we are doing work that would ordinarily take weeks. It’s being done in days to ensure it does get to those petrol stations. Continue reading...