The Latest Breaking News from Scenic Rim

Cyclone threat looms again for flood-ravaged region

Weeks after record flooding hit the region, another cyclone threat may loom for far north Queensland with a tropical low set to form in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

AAP · Jan 9, 2024

Police remove exclusion zone around Queensland bushfire

Police have lifted a formal exclusion zone ordered for residents of the fire-impacted township of Kooralbyn in Queensland's Scenic Rim.

AAP · Nov 17, 2023

Severe storms, large hail possible in Queensland's south-east after early morning deluge

Severe thunderstorms are possible again this afternoon in the Darling Downs, Granite Belt, South Burnett and south-west including Brisbane and the Gold Coast later this evening.

ABC News · Mar 28, 2023

Qld govt halts coal seam gas in Scenic Rim

The Queensland government has delisted the last two coal seam gas leases in the Scenic Rim region after a decade-long campaign by locals.

AAP · Jun 24, 2022

Queensland government considers lease extensions at the site of anti-CSG blockade

Arrow Energy’s applications to extend leases discovered by campaigners via report on company website

The Guardian - AU · Jun 7, 2022

Queensland could cancel two gas leases

Arrow Energy's coal seam gas leases in the Scenic Rim of Queensland could be cancelled amid community uproar.

AAP · Jun 1, 2022

Qld locals alarmed about Arrow's gas plans

Locals in Queensland's Scenic Rim region have called on the state government to cancel Arrow Energy's two coal seam gas leases in their region.

AAP · May 25, 2022

Rain easing over saturated Queensland as flood alert remains for Gympie, Warwick, BOM says

South-east Queensland is bracing for another day of heavy rain and possible flash flooding as the Bureau of Meteorology warns the weather system that was predicted to dissipate will dump more rain over saturated areas.

ABC News · May 13, 2022

Canungra's Pretty Produce farmer of edible flowers Simone Jelley fuels global social media trend

Simone Jelley's picturesque farm in Queensland's Scenic Rim would be an Instagram sensation on its own, but it is the tiny, decorative morsels she harvests that are getting the most hits on social media.

ABC News · Apr 5, 2022

Farmers count the cost of south-east Queensland floods

Luke Stock says it will take about three years to recover from last week's floods — the third time since 2011 his farm has gone underwater.

ABC News · Mar 6, 2022