Australia live news: water authority warns of sewage in flood waters; PM approves emergency payments for cyclone victims | Tropical Cyclone Alfred

Sewage expected to overflow into flood water, Queensland water authority warns Look, this is both gross and important. In QLD the Seqwater authority is warning that sewage is expected to overflow into some flood water: We’re experiencing wastewater overflows and releases from some of our wastewater infrastructure due to a range of reasons including increased…

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Bipartisan ‘sand army’ put political rivalries aside to distribute sandbags as Cyclone Alfred looms | Tropical Cyclone Alfred

Political rivalries have been put aside as Tropical Cyclone Alfred approaches and a wave of volunteers, including federal MPs, pitch in at Brisbane’s sandbag depots. Greens volunteer Harrison Rees has been working shoulder to shoulder with a Liberal for the last three days at the former Toowong Bowls Club site. Despite the imminent federal election,…

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