Updated at 8am Sunday 22nd March – Paul Hoolihan from the ALP retained his seat for the Keppel Electorate, and the ALP has won the 2009 QLD Election!
Voting booths were the busiest places in Yeppoon and the Keppel Electorate yesterday as people made their choice in the 2009 Queensland Election. Votes have now been fully counted, with the ALP winning by about 1.5% in the Total Formal First Preference Vote for the whole state, and leading by 15 seats in the Primary Vote statewide.
The Keppel Electorate results are below, with Paul Hoolihan from the ALP retaining his seat.
- Paul Hoolihan from the ALP (Australian Labour Party) party received 52.83% of votes
- Steve McKenna from the LNP (Liberal National Party) received 37.77% of votes
- Paul Bambrick from the Greens received 9.40% of the total counted votes
To view the full Election Results, visit the ECQ website results section. Specific results for the Keppel Electorate are also available.
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Just received this media release from the Rockhampton Regional Council, warning about dangerous weather from Ex-Tropical Cyclone Hamish:
March 12, 2009
Storm surge and wind gusts expected for Capricorn Coast region
The Bureau of Meteorology has announced that residents of the Capricorn Coast may experience
dangerous surf conditions, tidal storm surges and damaging wind gusts over the next 24 hour period.
The announcement was made as ex-Tropical Cyclone Hamish (located 270km northeast of
Gladstone) continues to track northwest at 20 kilometres per hour.
Rockhampton Regional Council will continue to monitor the system and does not wish to alarm
residents, but rather notify them to prepare their homes for severe wet weather activity.
Should residents require assistance in regard to storm damage or flooding they are requested to call
the State Emergency Services (SES) Call Centre on 132 500.
We ask that residents do not call the local offices of the SES as they have limited phone lines, and the
volunteers will be working to capacity providing assistance to the community as assigned to them by
the SES State Call Centre.
Requests for storm damage assistance such as for sandbags or tarps etc. should be directed to the
SES, not Council, on 132 500.
Please ensure your homes are made storm safe by clearing any objects and items that may become
airborne in a storm.
Take extreme caution around fallen trees or limbs as they may be concealing live power lines.
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Updated at 2:30pm (Thursday 12th) – last update on ex-Tropical Cyclone Hamish.
As of the latest BOM Tracking Map, ex-Tropical Cyclone Hamish has been downgraded to a Tropical Low. Currently the low is moving up the coast again (almost doubling back on its tracks) in a north west direction. Dangerous weather is expected for the Capricorn Coast (RRC Media Release).
The BOM has stopped issuing track maps.
March 7, 2009 – 1:17 pm
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Rising Creeks by Jylan Wynne
From 9am on Tuesday morning to 9am on Wednesday morning, Yeppoon and surrounding districts had over 80.6mm, or 3.1 inches of rain. This is enough to flush out all the creeks and leave a lot of water lying around on the ground, but so far there has been no major flooding like in February 2008.
The Capricornia district forecast from the Bureau of Meteorology has this to say about Wednesday and the days ahead:
CAPRICORNIA DISTRICT
Outlook for Wednseday: Rain areas. Isolated thunderstorms. Moderate to heavy falls possible. Moderate
NW to NE winds, shifting W to SW inland during the day.
Outlook for Thursday: Scattered coastal showers, more isolated inland.
Outlook for Friday: Scattered coastal showers, isolated inland. Late rain.
YeppoonInfo.com will keep you updated on any weather developments in the area.
I would like to extend my condolences and sympathy to all those people who have lost loved ones in the horrible Victorian Bushfires that have claimed over 130 lives.
If you want to help people who have lost their homes, please visit the Red Cross Victorian Bushfure Appeal 2009 web site to donate money online. To keep up to date with the fires, the ABC’s Bushfire Event section is a good resource.
I’ve attached a live map showing where the fires are their current status:
