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Rapid response to rail cut sees semis replace locos

Written by dev on . Posted in Copper, Processing / Manufacturing.

Northern Stevedoring Services is keeping industry moving in north-west Queensland in the face of closures of the rail line between Townsville and Mount Isa.

Queensland Rail expects the line to be out until late February as monsoonal flooding and the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Kirrily move north through the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Related: Mount Isa line repairs to stretch into late February

NSS has scheduled its fleet of road trains to run in the interim.

Five triples will cart empty half. . .

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Flood warning boost for 28 regional councils

Written by dev on . Posted in All News, Processing / Manufacturing.

Regional Queensland communities impacted by the 2019 monsoon floods will benefit from a $6 million investment in vital flood warning infrastructure.

It brings total warning network funding to $8 million under a wider $242 million joint state and Commonwealth Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements package.

The improvements will include rainfall and river level gauges, cameras and flood warning signage.

Emergency Management Minister David Littleproud said the additional funding was another important step towards a safer and more resilient north Queensland.

“The initial $2 million funded 36 flood warning projects across 16 of the most heavily impacted areas following last year’s. . .

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Flood recovery grant deadline extended

Written by dev on . Posted in All News.

Small businesses and primary producers impacted by the North and Far North Queensland floods earlier this year have until the end of November to apply for recovery grants. . .

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