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Severe flooding continues along the Gregory, Nicholson and Leichhardt river catchments; PM to meet Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak to announce Aukus terms. Follow live
Queensland Emergency Services Minister Mark Ryan said there was extensive damage in the state’s northwest after daily rainfall reached in excess of 300mm.
This has caused significant damage to road infrastructure, with large washouts and ground saturation triggering the closure of a number of roads.
This weather event has been impacting Queensland for several months, and as conditions escalate, we’re working with the Queensland government to ensure appropriate levels of community assistance are available.
We do live in a quite extreme part of Australia. The flooding event has broken all records ... the First Nations people no doubt would have seen something much higher than this, but certainly in living memory it’s the highest we’ve seen.
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