Expat New Zealanders hit by Tropical Cyclone Yasi have joined a growing number of disaster victims denied recovery payments by the Australian Government.

Sick and disabled NZers are taking legal action against the Australian Government over what they call a "discriminatory" law denying them medical care and other state support.

The Bruce Highway south of Cairns is a road to hope and despair.

The summer of 2011 was already going to go down in Queensland's history for all the wrong reasons.

Personal stories of how Kiwis hunkered down as Cyclone Yasi surged through north Queensland.

Cyclone Yasi, despite causing massive damage, did not leave anyone dead or seriously injured.

Cyclone Yasi is building as a storm of unprecedented ferocity - the likes of which hasn't been seen since 1918 - and already it is lashing the Queensland coast.

Police say a Canterbury Bulldogs NRL player has been arrested for allegedly providing false evidence to a law enforcement agency during the course of an investigation.

Get out now. Don't bother to pack your bags. Just gather your family and leave. That's the grave directive Premier Anna Bligh has made to people in low-lying parts of north Queensland under direct threat from monster Cyclone Yasi.

'The most serious cyclone you can have' is how Queensland Premier Anna Bligh is describing the storm set to ravage the state tonight. The storm has been upgraded to a Category Five cyclone - the most severe level imaginable.