CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 15 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:

KELLY VEA VEA, MAYOR OF ISAAC REGIONAL COUNCIL: Thank you everyone for being here, but the biggest thank you obviously goes to our guests today. I'd like to thank you all for making the time for coming out here. What's happened out in our region is significant. And from the event that's happened here in Clermont this week, not only will we recover, but we will grow stronger for that. And we'll grow stronger because that's just who we are out here in the regions. We're resilient, we work hard, we look after each other, and that's exactly what you would have seen driving around in the streets here in Clermont. Here we are people that feed power, and...