Electricity can kill

Flooding can have major impacts on the eleamictricity network and your home. Electricity can kill, so it is essential that you take all necessary precautions to ensure your safety, and that of those around you. While it is not always easy to be prepared for flooding, here are some helpful tips:
(dampak besar jaringan listrk sangat penting tindakan pencegahan yang diperlukan menjamin)

During the flood

• Never operate appliances in or near water. Do not operate electrical appliances or switches while standing in water or when you have bare feet.
• Turn off your main switch (at the meter box) before the water arrives – if you can do so safely.
• If your safety switch or circuit breakers have tripped during the flood, do not reset them but call an electrical contractor to test the wiring.
• Take extra care around your switchboard if it's outdoors and wear synthetic or rubber-soled shoes. Unless you are completely sure of your switchboard's safety, stay clear and call your licensed electrical contractor.

After the flood

• Wait until the house and appliances are totally dry before using anything.
• If your premises has been inundated over electrical wiring, power outlets or other electrical installations (including switchboards), organise a licensed electrical contractor to check the premises as soon as flooding has abated.
• All electrical appliances affected by water should be inspected by a licensed electrical contractor before use.
• If your electricity was disconnected during the flood, the Distribution Entity (Ergon Energy, Energex etc) will need a certificate of test, clearing the premises for safety, from an electrical contractor before they will reconnect the power.

Your Distribution Entity is only responsible for the wiring up to the connection to the house. From that point on it is the premises owner’s responsibility to ensure wiring is safe. You must engage an electrical contractor to ensure that your home is electrically safe. Never try to undertake this work yourself.

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The death toll in the Queensland floods rises

A woman's body has been recovered from a house in Queensland's Lockyer Valley bringing the Australian flood death toll to 17.

Her body was found during a third search of a house in Grantham while 14 people remain missing.

Communities across Western Victoria are preparing for flooding as rivers and creeks continue to slowly rise.

So far at least 29 towns have been swamped and more than 13-thousand homes inundated

The clean-up continues across the north part of Australia's island state of Tasmania, after major flooding there also.

At least five hundred people who were forced to evacuate their homes during flooding in north western New South Wales, are heading home.

Australian volunteers praised for tireless clean-up efforts

Thousands of volunteers around Brisbane and Ipswich have been praised for Saturday's tireless clean-up work as the cities continue mopping up after this week's devastating floods.
( Relawan  pujian takkenallelah pembersihan)

More than 7,000 registered volunteers and many thousands of unofficial volunteers turned out for what Queensland Premier Anna Bligh labelled 'Operation Compassion' on an overcast but largely rain-free day in the state's capital.
(ternyata cuaca mendung sebagian besar)

Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said more than 11,500 people turned up at the four marshalling centres, joining 800 army personnel and 360 firefighters who were out hosing down the city.
(walikota muncul petugas pemadam kebakaran)

In Ipswich, more than 4,000 volunteers hit the streets alongside hundreds of soldiers and other emergency service workers as the city slowly regains some semblance of normalcy as shops are slowly restocking and roads like the Centenary Highway reopen.

Japan's first lady 'wouldn't marry PM again'

Japan's first lady has caused a stir, saying she would not marry her husband if she could live her life again.
(Ibu negara Jepang telah mengundang reaksi ramai setelah mengungkapkan ia tidak akan menikah dengan suaminya kalau boleh mengulangi hidupnya.)

The Prime Minister's wife described him as lacking dress sense and having no cooking skills.(tidak memiliki ketrampilan memasak)

Speaking to foreign reporters, Nobuko Kan said she preferred scolding her husband rather than encouraging him. 
(Ia juga mengakui dalam suatu konferensi pers , lebih sering memarahi suaminya ketimbang/daripada mendukungnya)

She also said she would not marry Naoto Kan if she had her time over again.

In a book she wrote last year, Mrs Kan described the prime minister as lacking dress sense and accused him of botching his first policy speech.

She joked to reporters that she had told her husband that his level of public support could not get any worse, quipping that there was no such thing as an approval rating less than zero.