A soldier who helped co-ordinate the response to the Black Summer bushfires has been named as Queensland’s flood recovery co-ordinator in the wake of last week’s natural disaster. It comes as the state government left the door open for property buybacks.
The LNP has permanently appointed a state director after an extensive and exhaustive recruitment process.
Schools are closed across South East Queensland despite a “partly cloudy” forecast, after the Premier sparked chaos and confusion with “mixed messages”. VOTE IN OUR POLL
The insurance repair bill from Queensland’s floods has climbed to nearly $700m in just days, with the full extent of the damage yet to be realised amid the threat of more severe storms.
Southeast Queensland residents have been told to stay home for the next 48 hours with schools to be closed on Friday except for the children of essential workers as fierce storms continue to lash the region. EXPLAINED: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Schools will be closed tomorrow and southeast Queensland residents told to stay home for the next 48 hours as fresh storms fire up over the flood-hit region. It comes after giant hail, torrential rain and an order from the Premier for parents to collect their children from school early on Thursday.
Flood-devastated Queenslanders will be able to defer loan repayments for up to three months as they work to get back on their feet.
Severe storms have hit the South East tonight, with hail and strong winds recorded. The storms come as the area remains on flood watch due to the threat of another 150mm of rain falling over coming days.
Police have confirmed they will target shameful opportunistic looters targeting flood-hit Queenslanders as theft of property from the vulnerable is blasted as the “lowest act”.
Queensland has recorded another 10 deaths linked to Covid-19 and 4453 people have tested positive in the past 24 hours. It comes as hospitalisations continue to fall.
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