Michael Cheika saunters into the high school hall at Kelvin State College in the Brisbane suburbs looking wonderfully relaxed in a Wallabies polo shirt and jeans.

Two powerful cyclones have hit northern Australia, knocking out power to thousands, tearing roofs off houses and prompting coastal residents to flee their homes.

THERE is a famous picture hanging in the headquarters of the ACT Brumbies in Canberra.

A review of the emergency response to last year’s deadly floods in Australia said the operator of a major dam that controlled the release of water from a swollen river broke its own rules during the height of the disaster.