Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says it's too late for the prime minister to declare a national emergency due to floods in Queensland because the disaster situation has already ended.
Scott Morrison had been planning to declare an emergency on Thursday, two weeks after the peak of major floods which killed 13 people and damaged thousand of homes and businesses in the southeast.
When asked about the declaration, the premier said it would be pointless because the immediate crisis had passed with disaster declarations in 17 local government areas set to be lifted within three days.
