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Pip Courtney takes Landline's centre stage
4:00 AM | IT'S been almost 26 years since a young ABC cadet from Tasmania began her career in journalism and current affairs.
Creative hijack helps Roma flood recovery
11 Feb 12 | BARCALDINE residents, guess what? Your weekly truck-load of meat and veg. may not have arrived, but it is doing a great job feeding flood victims at Roma and Mitchell.
Diamonds in the rough
10 Feb 12 | Diamonds have been found in the mud of Mitchell, as the western Queensland town continues its slow recovery from its worst flood since 1864.
10 Feb 12 | PRIMARY producers in flood-affected south-west and central Queensland shires can now apply for $25 000 flood grants to help pay to repair damaged infrastructure.
Keep watch for flood-related animal diseases
09 Feb 12 | PRODUCERS are warned to keep an eye out for animal diseases in parts of Queensland affected by severe flooding.
09 Feb 12 | ROMA hotel managers Bronwyn Bourman and Evan Patch say the little insurance they could secure to protect the Overlander Homestead Hotel against flood won't even touch the sides of the estimated $800,000 repair bill.
Mitchell residents 'left behind'
09 Feb 12 | Mitchell's 700 residents have begun to fight back after the town's worst-ever flood, although many believe they were forgotten by the mainstream emergency services crews until yesterday.
Barnie's win something to bang on about
09 Feb 12 | IPSWICH butcher Barnie Nolan is proving he is a true sausage king without peer.
Hunt on for wild dog co-ordinator
09 Feb 12 | AGFORCE says it is pleased to announce another weapon will soon be available in the ongoing battle to control wild dog attacks on sheep and cattle.  | CommentsComments (1)
Flood damage could see new bridge fast-tracked
08 Feb 12 | A NEW bridge on the main freight link between Darwin and Brisbane could be fast-tracked after an old bridge over the Maranoa River was badly damaged in record flooding near Mitchell.
08 Feb 12 | WHILE there is understandable concern about the impact of flooding in south-west Queensland towns, broadacre farm group AgForce said aerial surveys show outlying properties have also been hit hard by record river heights.
Locust numbers low but more flagged for Feb
08 Feb 12 | LOCUST population density remained low throughout western Queensland, New South Wales, and in northern Victoria during January.
07 Feb 12 | THE Balonne River at St George reached a record level of 13.85 metres at 4am on Tuesday morning and was still rising slowly.   | CommentsComments (1)
07 Feb 12 | ROMA food wholesaler Dennis Hurle is certain his flood insurance will cover the estimated $128,000 worth of damage to his family home.
07 Feb 12 | THOUSANDS of people remain isolated on properties around Wee Waa in northern NSW and residents in the Queensland town of Charleville are not yet out of danger from flooding, as residents of other towns are being allowed to return to evacuated properties on both sides of the border.
07 Feb 12 | STATE Government LNG compliance unit general manager Andrew Brier has taken up a new position with Santos. A Santos spokesperson confirmed that Mr Brier started with the company on January 30.  | CommentsComments (3)
Weaker La Nina hits peak
06 Feb 12 | THE La Nina climate pattern behind the latest floods in Queensland and northern NSW has reached its peak, the weather bureau says.
06 Feb 12 | The family of Jane Sheahan has spoken of their distress after the Roma mother's body was found two days after she was swept away in flood waters.
06 Feb 12 | An 18-month-old baby girl has drowned in a dam on a property 20 kilometres south of St George after paramedics were hampered in their response by floodwaters.
Defence force called in as floods ravage towns
06 Feb 12 | FLOODING has cut off towns across south-west Queensland, with the defence forces called in to help the relief effort.
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