Queensland flood




Queensland flood
2011

 1.     The flood happened across New South Wales and Queensland, Australia

2.     It happened in early 2011

3.     There more than 11,000 people were affected

4.     The government declared the disaster as severe disaster , because flash floods across Australia’s Queensland and New South Wales states in early 2011 killed around 35 people, swamped 30,000 houses, and wiped out roads, bridges and rail lines.
The 2011 floods also damaged crops and inundated coal mines. It effected pushing up prices for coal. Australia’s the world’s largest coal exporter and accounts for roughly two-third of global trade of coking coal, used for steel production.

5.     Support internationally and nationally:
Internationally:
A. Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Minister Anthony Albanese met with representatives of the Hellenic Emergency Relief Fund Inc., members of the Cyprus community, The Ambassador of Greece and the High Commissioner of Cyprus to receive a $90,000 donation to the Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal.
B. In America, director Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) auctioned preliminary artwork from his latest film Red State, donating all proceeds to the Queensland Flood Relief. Mr Smith implored journalists reporting in the United States not only to report that the artwork had been released but to explain why it was released and to provide a link to the South East Queensland Flood Appeal.
Nationally:
A. Flood affected Queensland school students will benefit from increased chaplaincy services, and resource grants have been boosted for Queensland teachers who lost school equipment in cyclone and flood affected areas, School Education Minister Peter Garrett . '' Gillard Government announced an extra $222 million would extend this successful program through to 2014, and also provide funding for up to 1,000 extra schools from next year.And for teachers, we are partnering with the Queensland state government to provide teacher resource replacement grants for flood or storm damaged school equipment up to $2000.” Queensland Education and Training Minister Geoff Wilson said the funding for this scheme is being made available under the joint Federal and State Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA).

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