The Queensland government will consider building levees along the Brisbane River to improve the city's flood defences, Premier Anna Bligh says. Levees could be built on Brisbane River.

Levees, rezoning proposed for Brisbane River. AM. Topic: Disaster and Emergency Response. Mon 17 Jan 2011 Monday 17 January 2011 Mon 17 Jan 2011 at 11:38am.

FEDERAL Regional Affairs Minister Simon Crean has called for the construction of flood levees along the Brisbane River to be considered. Read Today's Paper Mind Games. The Australian Plus.

That was because a lot of water was dumped over a wide area of south-east Queensland, not just over the Brisbane River catchment. ... He said levees, stormwater or back-flow drainage upgrades, ...

The levee peaked at 13.64 metres by 5am on Monday with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting the ... The Brisbane River is expected to peak at four metres but there are fears it will continue to ...