Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Non-profit orgs in flooded Queensland have received disaster help

Queensland

Low-interest disaster assistance and vital working capital loans of up to $100,000 are now available The aid is being provided through the Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements heavy flooding from numerous local catchments during the extreme weather event caused widespread road closures and damage from Balonne to the Gold Coast Following the latest round of … Read more

Mosquito-borne virus ventures further into flood-soaked Australia

Zika Virus

SYDNEY – The potentially fatal Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is continuing to seep across Australia’s flooded regions with confirmation of another case on Monday. The JEV patient, a man in his 60s from the state of New South Wales (NSW), is the sixth case of the state, while the total infections nationally reached at least … Read more