The Latest Breaking News from Stuart Highway

Marshall calls for disaster relief cash after ‘one in 200-year flood’

The State Government has requested Commonwealth emergency disaster relief funding for storm-hit communities in the state’s north.

The New Daily · Feb 3, 2022

Floodwater receding in SA outback but no date set for Stuart Highway to reopen

South Australia's Premier says flooding on the Stuart Highway is rapidly receding – but there is still no definite time frame for the major freight route to reopen.

ABC News · Feb 2, 2022

NT cafes struggling with scarcity of fresh produce as flooding on the Stuart Highway continues to cause supply disruptions

Top End cafes say a scarcity of fresh supplies is compounding the significant worker shortages hitting businesses during the Omicron outbreak, as flooding on the southern end of the Stuart Highway forces changes to menus thousands of kilometres away.

ABC News · Feb 1, 2022

SA's flooded Stuart Highway leaves road-train truckers weighing massive detour to deliver food to NT

With the Stuart Highway closed indefinitely, road train drivers are considering the cost of a 3,000-kilometre detour through NSW and Queensland.

ABC News · Jan 29, 2022

Coober Pedy residents question delay in government assistance after isolating floods cause food shortages

Local residents in Coober Pedy express their concern over the lack of prompt government assistance since the main freight route to the town was flooded.

ABC News · Jan 29, 2022

Rail repairs could take weeks after outback flooding, Stuart Highway remains closed

As repair work continues on the rail tracks connecting South Australia to Western Australia and to the Northern Territory, trucks are having to detour through Queensland because a section of the Stuart Highway is still closed.

ABC News · Jan 27, 2022

Territory-bound road trains blocked by flooded Stuart Hwy make 3,000km detour

Northern Territory-bound road trains blocked by flooding on the Stuart Highway in South Australia take a massive detour through NSW and Queensland to deliver their cargo.

ABC News · Jan 26, 2022

Outback KFC forced to close after running out of chicken

Flooding and road closures in South Australia's far north cause havoc for an Alice Springs fast-food chicken chain that cannot get poultry deliveries and is forced to close on Australia Day.

ABC News · Jan 26, 2022