Australia: Queensland floods—“I’ve lost everything”

by RICHARD PHILLIPS

In this video, agricultural workers Wendy Smith and Lee Sheppard explain what happened on January 10, when flash flooding hit the small community of Grantham, about 100 kilometres west of Brisbane. The flood lifted their rental home from its foundations and carried it 150 metres, until it was stopped by a tree.

In part two of the interview, to be published Monday, Smith and Sheppard explain the callous indifference of state authorities to the plight of flood survivors.

WSWS & You Tube

WSWS & You Tube for part 2