Funding of up to $1million per Local Government Area is available for Burdekin, Cassowary Coast, Charters Towers, Hinchinbrook, Palm Island, Townsville, Whitsunday and Yarrabah Councils.

Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council CEO Michael Bissell, former Townsville MP Scott Stewart and former Palm Island Mayor Mislam Sam. With only 1.4 per cent of residents on Palm Island owning ...

Palm Island Mayor Alf Lacey ... he said the LDMG were working to source supplies from the Port of Townsville, with the ferries and airport also returning to normal operations.

The federal government has announced an extra $100 million in disaster relief for Queensland's flood-ravaged north.

Northern Queensland is bracing for more flash flooding with heavy rain forecast across the already saturated region.