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The rental market was tight before the south-east Queensland flood — what now for people who can't return home?

With the ongoing property boom prompting many investors to sell, there has been a shortage of available rental properties for some time. Now families left homeless by flooding are adding to the demand.

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South-east Queensland flood damage captured in before and after aerial images

Aerial images have captured the worst of south-east Queensland's flood damage in dramatic before and after shots.

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Australian post-flood recovery: where to get help, how to return home safely and what to salvage

As deadly flooding events in Queensland and NSW displace thousands, experts and flood survivors share their advice on how to safely begin the clean up

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Funding for flood-affected Qld communities

More than $550 million has been provided to small businesses and organisations in flood-affected communities in Queensland.

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Rodney Marsh, Australian cricket great, dies aged 74

One of cricket’s greatest wicket-keepers, Marsh died a week after suffering a heart attack during a fundraising event in Queensland

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Videos from the flood crisis that shocked and inspired us this week

This week, the country watched on as residents in south-east Queensland and New South Wales grappled with heart-breaking floods.

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Flooded Australian Towns Brace for More Rains, Several People Still Missing

Australian authorities on Friday warned of more rains over the weekend in several flooded regions in the country's east, likely hampering relief efforts as defense personnel try to reach worst-hit towns cut off by days of downpours. A wild weather system that dumped more than a year's worth of rainfall…

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More heavy rain, floods, heatwave, storms predicted across Australia as wild weather continues

A cold front is sweeping through, triggering more rain and storms, there's an extreme heatwave in north Queensland, and it's looking like another low for the east coast next week.

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‘Heartbreaking’: Australia’s east coast reels from worst floods in living memory

Queensland and NSW bear the brunt of catastrophic weather conditions that have claimed 16 lives

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Man fined after saltwater crocodile found shot and buried on North Queensland cattle station

The man, who was not charged with killing the animal, was depicted in a photo tendered to the court that showed him holding the croc from the tail while it bled from the head.

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Queensland Origin hero Edrick Lee edging closer to NRL return almost 500 days in the making

Almost 500 days since his last game, Queensland State of Origin hero Edrick Lee is edging closer to an NRL comeback.

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Nine years' jail for 11-week drug dealer

A Queensland man who trafficked guns and drugs to pay two mortgages after losing his job has been sentenced to nine years' jail.

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What is Japanese encephalitis? What do we know about the first confirmed Queensland case in 24 years?

Japanese encephalitis is a rare virus that in serious cases can cause your brain to swell. Cases have also appeared in Victoria this week.

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Before and after aerial pictures show how floods swept through Queensland and NSW towns

High-resolution images shot from a camera system mounted on planes focus in on the devastation

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Labor calls on disaster relief boss to resign for criticising flood victims who want ‘to live among the gum trees’

Shane Stone doubled down on the comments on Friday, saying he had started a conversation about not rebuilding in disaster-prone areas

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Flood grants as Qld faces climate reality

As Queensland unveils a half-a-billion dollar flood relief package, leaders weigh how the state can adapt to a reality of more frequent natural disasters.

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Little reprieve in sight for central and north Queensland as sweltering heatwave conditions continue

In some regions temperatures are 10 degrees Celsius above average, while in others March records have already been broken.

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Bulls' Peirson fires in Shield v Redbacks

Queensland have put themselves in a strong position against South Australia in their Shield clash after skipper Jimmy Peirson cracked a whirlwind half-century.

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Qld to ditch mask mandates, density limits

Queensland will scrap its mask mandate from 6pm Friday as overall virus numbers continue to fall.

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‘Should not have been built’: Ever more frequent flooding disasters require urgent answers

Flood mitigation must be addressed by local, state and federal governments, which have an uirgent role to play as climate change produces frequent flooding

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Coal-fired power in Australia could be over within 10 years concedes lobbyist Ian Macfarlane

Just a few years ago he argued for more coal-fired power stations to be built on the east coast, but former Coalition cabinet minister Ian Macfarlane now says there could be none left within 10 years.

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The Loop: More wild weather forecast for Queensland and NSW, Ukraine peace talks stall, Enmore Theatre's floor breaks and audience member asked to leave Q&A

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Fifth death reported in NSW; ‘it’s climate change,’ Palaszczuk says as Qld death toll rises to 10 – as it happened

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Seafood country of origin labelling on menus set to be debated in Queensland

After decades of debate, potential new laws may see Queensland venues tell customers where their seafood comes from.

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Queensland's COVID-19 restrictions ease, including the mandate on masks. But is it the end for them completely?

A major easing of Queensland's COVID-19 restrictions came into effect at 6pm, so what's changing and could the rules be reinstated?

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