 Propagal Cyclone Yassie poses a serious threat to the coastline of Queensland, particularly communities between Innisfail and Mackay. The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting that it will be a category 4 cyclone which will cross the coast sometime overnight Wednesday and into Thursday morning. The clear advice that's been provided and we do urge people to contact their local council or listen to local advice is for people who live in low-lying coastal areas to consider evacuating or relocating tomorrow to friends and family and also asking those people in higher ground if you do have space available to make your home available or rooms available to people in low-lying areas. The Bureau has also advised that the cyclone when it crosses the coast will be accompanied by very heavy rainfall, by strong gale force winds and destructive winds over a very wide area and also significantly for very large storm surges particularly in low-lying coastal areas and that's why the advice again is for people who do live in low-lying coastal areas to consider relocating tomorrow particularly to friends and family. I want to ask the Deputy Commissioner Ian Stewart to say a few words. Minister thank you throughout these weather events in Queensland that we've endured over the last six weeks. There has been a consistent message from the police emergency services to our community and that is the personal safety is primary. We ask you to decide early and act to protect yourself and your loved ones. We can always replace housing, we can replace property but we can't replace you. Obviously by relocating there may be some inconvenience over a few days but that inconvenience is minor compared to you having to face life-threatening decisions in the event that this severe weather event of tropical cyclone Yasi crosses the coast. We believe that the event of crossing the coast will occur late on Wednesday evening and as the minister said in an area somewhere between Innisfal and Makai. So again please act early, relocate now if you if you live in an area which may be affected by storm tides and that information is available from your local council. Otherwise we request that you shelter in place. That is clearly the best advice that we can give you and housing since the 70s particularly in North Queensland has been built to a standard to withstand significant weather events like these cyclones. So please shelter in place but unless you live in an area that will be affected by a storm surge. Thank you. So the clear message is tropical cyclone Yasi does pose a very serious threat to communities in Queensland particularly in the Innisfal to Makai region and we urge everyone to continue listening to your radio and television bulletins to get the latest advice. Thanks.