Today's headlines include:

Evacuation centres are opening in NSW and Qld as authorities finalise preparations ahead of Cyclone Alfred making landfall.

A second nurse has been charged over an antisemitic video broadcast from Bankstown Hospital in Sydney last month.

Lone wolf attackers perpetrated the majority of terror incidents in Western democracies last year, according to new data.

And today’s good news: A team of researchers at Louisiana State University has developed a sustainable alternative to plastic Mardi Gras beads.

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Headlines: Cyclone Alfred evacuation centres open in NSW & Qld