In stark contrast to the tinder dry conditions now being experienced across Australia, December 2010 was Queensland's wettest on record ... Water from the west flowed down the Fitzroy River, flooding ...

Deadly floodwaters triggered by record rainfall in Australia’s northeast rose for ... s worth of rain fell on large parts of North Queensland in just a few days. Impacted areas are dotted ...

A female swimmer has died in a shark attack in the waters off a popular tourist spot on Australia’s east coast ... of a serious shark bite incident, Queensland state police said on Monday.

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A satellite suburb in central Queensland is proving popular with investors, but locals fear the race to invest is eroding the ...

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Roads were closed following the floods. Picture: Queensland Fire Department Floods a ‘significant event’ The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has declared the floods a “significant event”.

The attack marks Australia’s third fatal shark incident ... and succumbed to those injuries" about 15 minutes later, a Queensland police spokesperson said. She was a dedicated member of the ...