Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced an Early Recovery Grant of $1 million for affected councils following the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

The Prime Minister said this will help local councils with immediate road repairs without dealing with layers of bureaucracy.

"The money is on its way so that the work can continue absolutely immediately. We want to make sure that as soon as recovery work is physically possible, it gets underway," the PM Albanese said.

The PM also said yesterday the government declared a Childcare Subsidy Period of Emergency for childcare services in South East Queensland and northern New South Wales.

"That's essentially about making sure that the childcare centres are not financially disadvantaged as well as, of course, then that flow through to people.

At the start of the media conference, Mr Albanese said he had spoken to Mayor Steve Krieg.

"He spoke about what a tough night he's had with himself and his partner. They are still in recovery mode. They've had hit after hit after hit there in that local community, but they are tough. It ended up being a discussion about how they were preparing, and how positive he was that they had put everything in place that they could at the worst of times. We always see the best of Australian character."

PM Albanese explained the coordinated approach to the planning for Alfred with no borders, so working with the Premiers and key agency stakeholders in Southeast Queensland and Northern NSW.

This morning's TC Alfred update has not been released by the Bureau of Meteorology, as it has on previous mornings.

The Bureau of Meteorology has advised that Tropical Cyclone Alfred will now cross land later than previously forecast. It was to be about 2am Friday morning, now it is 5pm Friday evening as it's path was slowed overnight.

Alfred is currently 325 kilometres east of Brisbane and 300 kilometres east of the Gold Coast moving west to southwest at 7 kilometres an hour.

There were two 'prepare to evacuate' notices for the Northern Rivers last night for the Ballina CBD and Fawcett Street in Kyogle. That is also the case further north at Uki, especially for low lying properties along Kyogle Road, Meadow Place and Smiths Creek.

This morning, there are more warnings to avoid coastal areas due to coastal erosion, they are Sharpes Beach at Lennox Head and Shelley Beach at East Ballina.

The NSW SES is warning residents to stay indoors as Alfred approaches, even though conditions this morning have been surprisingly calm with little wind and rain.

As the Prime Minister said at the start of his media conference this morning, "These are tough times, but Australians are tough people, and we're resilient people." That certainly applies to the people of Lismore and the Northern Rivers.

There is another media conference with Premier of NSW Chris Minns, Minister for Emergency Service Jihad Dibb, Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin, CEO of the NSW Reconstruction Authority Mal Lanyon, SES Acting Chief Superintendent and Scott Tanner, LEOCON, NSW Police Superintendent, to provide an update on Tropical Cyclone Alfred at 11:30am.