STEPHANIE SMAIL: Uranium hasn't been mined in Queensland since the Mary Kathleen site in the north-west of the state was closed in 1982. Exploration was allowed briefly in the mid-1990s, but the former Queensland premier Peter Beattie reinstated a blanket ban soon after and it's been in place ever s
Date: Oct 22, 2012
Category: World
Source: Google
Water supply returns to Townsville after Cyclone Yasi
STEPHANIE SMAIL: It's very difficult. And the water usage is being recommended for personal and household use only. So any clean up of yards or anything like that will also be minimal. It will just lengthen the recovery.