More Federal Support on the Way for Storm-Battered Queensland

Further financial assistance will be rolled out to parts of Queensland battered by storms and flooding, the prime minister has confirmed. Anthony Albanese said an A$50 million (US$33.57 million) support package will be made available to those affected by recent wild weather in the state’s far north and southeast. The new support package will include measures for tourism recovery and clean-up programs for areas hardest hit. “We will be making grants for local resilience and recovery … for the three councils in southeast Queensland,” Mr. Albanese told ABC Radio on Tuesday, Jan. 9. “In addition to that, we’ll be announcing a cyclone industry recovery and resilience officers program.”...