Queensland Treasurer confirms storm clean-up will be costly after intense damage

As Queenslanders start the mammoth clean-up after parts of the state were savaged by intense storms and a tornado, the cost of the recovery will be “significant”, Deputy Premier Cameron Dick warned. The Treasurer said his staff were working out the cost of the damage and clean-up following the Christmas Day storms that ravaged the southeast and the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Jasper in the state’s far north. “At the top level this is going to be a very significant event,” Mr Dick said. “It’s had a very significant impact on specific economies both in the south and the north of the state and the Treasury is currently doing an…