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| UpdatedFarmers John and Peter Heit and Selwyn Schmitt says federal assistance needs to be granted soon as primary producers in central Queensland won't be able to salvage crops or pay their bills. Banana Shire Mayor Ron Carige says the data for Category C declaration is with the Federal Government. Read more
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| UpdatedCyclone and flood affected primary producers in central Queensland are hoping Category C assistance from the Federal Government will be announced soon.
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| UpdatedConstruction of a tent city on Elcho Island off the NT coast to house residents left homeless after Cyclone Lam is nearing completion, while the work of clearing asbestos debris continues.
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| UpdatedCyclone Marcia may have disrupted day-to-day life for Tom and Rita Edmistone, whose house is still in tatters, but it has failed to rock their 60-year marriage.
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| UpdatedQueensland households hit by Cyclone Marcia that went without power for a week will get extra food vouchers as the state faces a damage bill in the hundreds of millions.
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| UpdatedPower has been restored to more than 90 per cent of properties after Cyclone Marcia's march through Central Queensland last weekend.
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| UpdatedAn Indigenous development organisation raises concerns about large payments being made to victims of Cyclone Lam.
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| UpdatedCyclone affected communities in central Queensland have welcomed an outpouring of public support, with mountains of household goods already received by those in need.
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| UpdatedPeople left homeless by Cyclone Lam on NT's Elcho Island face weeks of living in tents on the community's football oval, with some concerned about going back to their homes due to disturbed asbestos.
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Galiwinku man Jeffrey Garrawurra recalls the time he was in Darwin in 1974 for Cyclone Tracy, and the Elcho Island community of Galiwinku this year for Cyclone Lam.
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A huge RAAF Globemaster aircraft lands in Darwin with supplies for Cyclone Lam-ravaged Elcho Island. But it may take until Sunday for the makeshift accommodation to be shipped to the island by barge and made ready for use.
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| UpdatedFarmers at Monto in central Queensland count the cost after another devastating flood, this time fuelled by Tropical Cyclone Marcia.
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| UpdatedAfter four days straight of heavy labouring work, SES volunteer Cameron Williams' only wish is that he could do more.
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Macadamia farmer Errol Vass and his family are having to consider their future after Cyclone Marcia smashed through their orchard, destroying 2000 mature trees. They were just weeks away from beginning a bumper harvest. Read more
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Pineapple pickers are working through fields in central Queensland, but much of the fruit they are harvesting will not end up in market stalls or in cans.
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Topics: fruits, crop-harvesting, cyclones, cyclone, yeppoon-4703