The leaders of rural communities that were devastated by floods earlier this year fear the towns will not survive another disastrous wet season, as pleas for vital infrastructure upgrades are ignored.
Locals were isolated for about four months in the rural communities of Burketown, Doomadgee, Karumba and Normanton after unprecedented floods ravaged the Gulf of Carpentaria in Queensland.
Some rivers reached heights of 19 metres, damaging houses and businesses beyond repair and causing the evacuation of entire towns. Thousands of cattle died.
