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Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie tables photos purporting to show former premier Steven Miles drinking red wine in the Qantas Club at Townsville Airport.

Complaint lodged over Qantas Club photo the LNP used against Miles

A photo of Steven Miles drinking wine was placed on the parliamentary record by Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie. Miles says it was “a pretty low act”.

  • William Davis

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As rivers break their banks, floodwaters are expected to flow into communities.

Woman dies in floods, premier tells residents to evacuate as water levels rise

Police said the woman died in Ingham when a rescue boat capsized, while David Crisafulli emphasised the urgency of the disaster unfolding in north Queensland.

  • Fraser Barton, Melissa Meehan and Cloe Read
Extreme weather in Townsville on February 1, 2025.

Emergency alert: Prepare-to-leave warnings issued for Townsville as north Qld lashed

The ADF has been briefed, Brisbane police have been deployed, and 300 energy staff are on standby as the risk of flash flooding escalates.

  • Fraser Barton and Alex Mitchell
Emergency Management minster Murray Watt accompanied prime minister Anthony Albanese on a tour of flood-impacted southeast Queensland. Senator Watt has widened the range of financial help available to additional suburbs in Logan, Gold Coast and the Scenic Rim on Saturday.

More SEQ flood victims now eligible for financial help

Federal assistance has been extended to more residents affected by floods and storms in Logan, on the Gold Coast and in the Scenic Rim.

  • Tony Moore
A new National Recovery and Resilience Agency will co-ordinate the response to natural disasters such as the NSW floods earlier this year.

Disaster agency hit by staff exodus and angst over mid-floods function

The National Recovery and Resilience Agency confirmed five senior executives had recently departed.

  • Michael Koziol
Glen Hardy will receive a bravery award for his actions during the 2019 Townsville Floods.

National bravery award for truck driver after Townsville flood heroics

The actions of Townsville City Council employee Glen Hardy played a major role in saving 60 residents' lives in 2019.

  • Toby Crockford
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A dry dam where an animal got stuck and died late last year.

Don't wrap me in cotton wool: NSW youth talk about disasters

She has seen fire, drought, and stressful days at home during the COVID-19 lockdown.

  • Julie Power
Flooding at St Joseph's School in the far north Queensland city of Cairns.

Cairns streets turn into lakes as more heavy rain drenches north Queensland

The Cairns region has recorded rainfall totals above 200 millimetres in the second drenching for the state's north this week.

  • Toby Crockford
Flash flooding on Townsville's Bundock Street on Monday night.

Parts of north Queensland drenched by rain similar to 2019 floods

Five areas in the state's north recorded more than 350 millimetres of rain in 24 hours, with parts of the Townsville CBD flooded.

  • Toby Crockford
Swimmers and sunbakers bask in hot weather on the Gold Coast beaches.

2019 was Brisbane's hottest year on average, Queensland's sixth-hottest

Annual rainfall statewide was 20 per cent below average and areas of inland south-east Queensland had their driest year ever.

  • Toby Crockford

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