Amid a summer of bushfires higher temperatures, here's a look at the current state of play for water supplies across...

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17th Jan. 2020 5:01 PM

Satellite images have raised eyebrows after blue spots appeared in a region of New South Wales, prompting some serious...

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20th Oct. 2019 8:10 AM

Construction of nearly $3 billion worth of dams in the state’s most drought-ravaged regions would be fast-tracked under a...

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31st May 2019 7:05 AM

Are you aware of the dangers of low level dams?

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11th Dec. 2018 1:12 AM

The latest in a long line of plans to snatch water from the Clarence River has met with the traditional response from...

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24th April 2018 5:04 AM

LNP Shadow Infrastructure Minister Andrew Powell has taken a swipe at the Palaszczuk Labor Government for "failing to...

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12th April 2018 4:04 PM

Proposed quarry developments challenged by residents

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15th March 2018 5:03 AM

THE Sunshine Coast has woken to a chillier morning as autumn finally announces its arrival, with temperatures dipping below...

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12th March 2018 9:03 AM

The Bureau of Meteorology's weather radar shows a 'cyclonic rotation' over Mackay and Townsville, with a low pressure...

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28th Feb. 2018 9:02 AM

HEAVY rain and storms that hit the Sunshine Coast last Friday and over the weekend have filled the region's dams, except...

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27th Feb. 2018 7:02 AM

MOST Coast dams are spilling today after heavy rain took them past capacity.

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11th Dec. 2017 9:12 AM

RESIDENTS living downstream from a number of Wide Bay dams can now register to receive emergency information from...

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02nd Oct. 2017 11:10 AM

The majority of hinterland residents, when times are good, preach natural resources and bring their tank water to hospital...

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13th Sept. 2017 7:09 AM

The money from anglers who pay for stocked impoundment permits goes to local stocking groups so they can buy native fish...

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04th Aug. 2017 5:08 AM

ONLY one week ago, South East Queensland water authority was warning the region was about to enter "the drought readiness...

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03rd April 2017 5:04 AM

'But this is not comparable to the 2011 situation'.

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30th March 2017 9:03 AM

Seqwater’s Flood Operations Centre will go on alert today with up to 400mm of rain forecast to fall over the next three...

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29th March 2017 6:03 PM

WATER levels in dams across the region are in steady decline and without rain Toowoomba Regional Council could be forced to...

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07th March 2017 2:03 PM

THE COAST'S falling water supplies are being bolstered by a network set up in the wake of nation's worst drought since...

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02nd March 2017 5:03 AM

HOT weather is drying up the Coast's drinking water dams but help from our southern neighbours is keeping supplies...

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02nd March 2017 5:03 AM

Lake Macdonald at Cooroy has fallen to 53.5 per cent of capacity.

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01st March 2017 4:03 PM

WHILE most of Queensland is in drought, more than 1000mm has drenched parts of the Mackay region over the past few...

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23rd Feb. 2017 12:02 PM

A MIRANI police officer says offroad drivers - "foolish idiots” - have been entering restricted areas at Teemburra...

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27th Jan. 2017 6:01 AM