It wasn't until Toowoomba disappeared underwater on Monday that Greg Lexiphanic thought he should see if his house was at risk. With the Brisbane City Council website suffering under heavy activity he built a web portal himself.
The comments by readers of Crikey's blog The Stump said it all really as they gave the Canberra press gallery a right royal bollocking for its performance at the PM's press conference yesterday.
The Queensland floods crisis has seen a rush of people take to Twitter, local and remote, attempting to spread helpful information, writes Crikey intern Liam Mannix.
Sometimes leaders are afforded an opportunity to step up. We are witnessing Queensland Premier Anna Bligh doing just that.
Crikey live blog: The number of missing people has been revised down from 76 to 51 people, although "grave concerns" are held for nine of those missing, announced Neil Roberts, QLD Emergency Services Minister. But there was one small piece of wonderful news...
Toowoomba is on a mountain, how does it flood in Toowoomba? asks Matt Granfield, of mattgranfield.com
On the first day of major flash flooding in Toowoomba the 89-year-old Toowoomba Chronicle was delivered as usual.
While transfixed by the flood footage from Queensland, Melissa Sweet put out a Twitter call asking for pointers on the role of social media in disasters. Here are two documents that may be useful for those involved in flooding response and recovery efforts.
The death of four-year-old boy swept into the floods at Marburg during a rescue attempt of his family takes the latest flood death toll to ten, announced Premier Anna Bligh.
The lightning strike on the Queensland’s Premier’s plane on Sunday could have been serious but for two thin metal wicks, which play an important role in protecting planes against mid-air explosions, explains Ben Sandilands.
