Extreme weather
Cost of wild weather hits $2 billion and counting
Queensland has only just started to count the cost of a disaster-riddled period.
- by Keira Jenkins and Laine Clark
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Macquarie to fight illegal profiteering allegations in four US class actions
The energy trading arm of Macquarie Group faces claims it illegally profiteered from a deadly 2021 ice storm by deliberately pushing up gas prices by more than 1000 per cent.
- by Sarah Danckert
‘We’ve lost nearly $300 million’: Discount flights to lift flood-hit FNQ
A tourism recovery package has been announced to encourage visitors back to devastated parts of Far North Queensland.
- by Courtney Kruk
Weather eases as storm recovery effort gathers steam
A massive clean-up is well under way after wild weather lashed south-east Queensland for more than a week.
- by Keira Jenkins
The Qld budget warned of dry weather, now builders worry about the wet
Just last month, Treasury was optimistic that forecast drier weather would ease construction delays. After the recent storms, builders will be spread even thinner.
- by Matt Dennien
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Hundreds of roads remained closed as army deploys amid deluge
Troops have been deployed across the state to help with recovery efforts while authorities work to restore power to about 11,000 homes.
- by Samantha Lock, Kat Wong and Keira Jenkins
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Flood fear for Brisbane with army on way to help stricken south-east
As intense rain heads north, one camper recounts being “trapped and suffocating” when her tent was swept away.
- by Matt Dennien
Man found dead in Brisbane harbour had ‘tried to retrieve something’
A man’s body has been found at Manly Harbour, in Brisbane’s bayside, after he went missing on New Year’s Day.
- by Cloe Read
Heatwave warning with parts of WA set to swelter in the new year
Thermometers at one local RSL registered 51 degrees over the past few days in WA’s north.
- by Jacob Shteyman