In ruling that about 300,000 megalitres will be released, the Queensland government is sensibly backflipping on an outdated policy that should have been junked last year. The action is tantamount to ...

CALLS for Wivenhoe Dam's operating rules to be reviewed to take account of better climate pattern prediction have been consistently rejected by Stephen Robertson. The rules requiring that division ...

Blacked-out technical data in the operating manual states the Queensland government-owned dam has an actual capacity for flood storage of 995,000Ml when the dam level is at 74.5m. Bureau of ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from QLD weather news. Followed categories will be added to My News. Regardless, it was a good thing they did not listen to armchair experts such as former Queensland ...

Wivenhoe and Somerset dams are likely to open their gates in the next two days in a bid to combat Cyclone Alfred. An alert from Seqwater advised due to the forecast rainfall associated with the ...

Two south east Queensland mayors say the Wivenhoe Dam level should be lowered now. The flood inquiry's interim report recommended Wivenhoe be reduced to 75 per cent of full supply if the Bureau of ...

Whether they just got lucky or their reliance on the manual paid off, our dam operators appear to have made all the right calls, writes the editor. Regardless, it was a good thing they did not listen ...