Disaster assistance has been activated for 10 council areas in Queensland's southeast as heavy rain and flooding continue to exact a toll and they move into northern New South Wales.
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"This rain event is still unfolding but we already know the severe flooding has sadly resulted in the loss of life and people being evacuated from their homes and businesses," she said on Saturday. A man also died at Stones Corner in Brisbane and another was killed trying to ride a motorbike through rising water in Gympie, while a 63-year-old woman's body was found in a submerged car on the Sunshine Coast.
Senator McKenzie says funding will also go to repairing roads and other damaged infrastructure in hard hit regions.
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