 We continue to see a very serious situation evolving across the whole of the region in the south-west and the south-east of Queensland. I can advise that we have now almost completed the evacuation at Forest Hill. About three-quarters of an hour ago there remained 70 people to be evacuated and we expect to have all of them out of Forest Hill and to safety very, very soon. In relation to the growing toll that this event is taking, we remain, the official death toll remains at nine. We can now revise down further the number of people missing to 59, however I can say that the police now hold very grave fears for at least 15 of those 59. So while the official death numbers at this stage remain at nine, we have grave concerns for at least 15 others and we remain with 59 people unaccounted for. In terms of SES activity, we are now seeing a lot of activity for all of our SES staff out there at the front line. Since midday yesterday between the south-west and the south-east, we've seen 34,000 calls for assistance. This, of course, means we've got literally hundreds of people out there working to assist people, whether it's with relatively minor or critical incidents. In terms of the weather, the most recent report from the Bureau indicates firstly that rainfall since 9am this morning has seen more than 100 mills drop across a number of flood-affected areas, particularly in that to Womba and Lockyer Valley area. And we've seen that sort of rainfall directly into the Wyvernhoe Dam and directly into its catchment. On a slight note of relief, the current forecast is that the rainfall is starting to ease across the region and it's expected to weaken further overnight and hopefully start to clear by late morning tomorrow. However, the clearing rain does not change the forecasts, particularly for either Ipswich or Brisbane in terms of river levels. At Ipswich, we continue to forecast a river peak of 22 metres sometime tomorrow with highs of close to 19 metres overnight. Brisbane, and sorry by way of comparison, 22 metres expected in Ipswich tomorrow by comparison the peak in Ipswich in 1974 was 20.6. So we are seeing a very serious situation overnight in Ipswich. Similarly, the forecast for Brisbane remains, as I outlined earlier this afternoon, that we expect to see levels above the 1974 levels at the Brisbane City Gauge sometime on Thursday. In Dolby we're seeing the rivers stabilise, although remaining high, Chinchilla the waters are continuing to rise and they're continuing to rise in the condominium and are expected to do so slowly throughout the week and could, at this stage, reach the previous high from last week that saw the town evacuated sometime over the weekend. In terms of Ipswich, we now have four evacuation centres established in Ipswich, the Ipswich Showgrounds, St Joseph's School and Ipswich Boys Grammar and Ipswich Girls Grammar. The Mayor advises me that we now have more than 500 people at the showgrounds and they are planning for that to swell to somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 people overnight. In the 1974 floods saw 1,800 homes affected in Ipswich. So with river levels expected higher than that, I think you get a sense of what we're dealing with in Ipswich tonight and tomorrow morning. In the most recent modelling, although it's being revised, if we see these sorts of levels in the Brisbane River, then we would expect to see somewhere above 9,000 properties affected significantly by this water level and more than 30,000 other properties having some impact. So we do expect to see large scale impacts in suburbs around Brisbane. The evacuation centre for Brisbane is now open at the RNA and it is being activated as you'll appreciate. Setting up accommodation and meals capacity for that many people will be developed throughout the evening and in tomorrow. I'm advised that at this stage we only have one family at the RNA but we do expect to see that number grow substantially and we're ensuring or the Brisbane City Council and the local disaster management group are ensuring that they have a capacity there for a minimum of 3,000 people and planning in the event that they may need other evacuation capacity, they'll look at that tomorrow. As I said, we still have 59 people who are unaccounted for. That means there are the families and loved ones of 59 Australians who tonight do not know where those people are or the circumstances in which they find themselves. We know that we have very grave fears for at least 15 but with so many others outstanding and unaccounted for, we still face some very grim news as we continue the search and rescue activities. One of the great things about the rain starting to clear even overnight is that we do expect to see much more activity in the search and rescue teams across the Lockyer Valley and as they are able to get into some of these creeks and tributaries and some of the terrain becomes a little more accessible, we do expect to have a better idea of just how many of those people remain unaccounted for. I might also say on behalf of Queenslanders that our thoughts are also with our friends and colleagues in Northern New South Wales. The rain that we've been experiencing is now in that region and we know that we're seeing roads cut and communities isolated. So having experienced so much ourselves here in Queensland, we send our thoughts and our wishes to the people of Northern New South Wales and we hope that they remain safe. So did you want to make some comments, Commissioner? Thanks Premier. Look the Premier has comprehensively covered all the current issues, I just endorse those comments particularly starting with Ipswich and Brisbane, we're doing all we can there, we're working very well with the local government authorities, the Ipswich City Council and the Brisbane City Council and particularly for Brisbane and the Premier flag, the scape and scale of what we're looking at here, 9,000 homes and properties with some serious inundation and up to 30,000 potentially with some inundation. That modelling work is continuing as we speak and being fine tuned and through the media we'll get that information to you and it will be available as well through the Brisbane City Council's sites. Ipswich of course is a bit quicker, that will peak tomorrow so we're working again closely with the Council there. I'm absolutely confident though that you can have confidence in the emergency services and the councils and the government's response to this. Obviously we ask people not to panic, stay calm and act wisely and if you're in doubt we'll evacuate to friends or evacuate, don't take any unnecessary risks. Again a number of communities look as though they're going to experience similar flooding to that which they experienced recently, places such as Warwick and Dolby and Chinchilla, that's regrettable but I suppose the only hopeful news there is that we don't think that in any of those towns the flooding is going to be worse than it was previously and we got through that and we'll get through this and just to recap the premier's comments that in that terrible tragedy that's occurred in the Lockheed Valley we're very hopeful that two things will happen tomorrow and is that this dreadful weather will stop up there and secondly that the waters all subside and that will allow the Police and Emergency Services workers to start more fulsomely the terribly sad task of looking for those people who've lost their lives. Can I just add that a couple of very clear messages from emergency workers, the obvious ones, water is deadly, do not plan it, keep children away from it, people are being asked to defer any unnecessary travel, if you don't need to be out and about on roads please stay home, can we ask people to check on family and friends particularly those who you know live in low-lying areas and you may receive door knocking by emergency workers asking you to move out of your home, can I appeal to people in the Brisbane and Ipswich areas please follow the directions of our emergency workers and police they are there for your safety and the safety of your family, can I encourage people to keep checking the latest information I thank all of our media outlets for the work that they are doing to keep people well informed we also have substantial material on websites of our local councils but I know that some of that as more and more people get online is becoming a little difficult to access can I encourage people to be patient can I also say that I understand that tomorrow's courier mail will include flood maps of Brisbane and I would encourage people who aren't online or don't feel comfortable with online information to access that material so that you know where your street might be. Ladies and gentlemen this is as I said an unfolding situation and we will keep you updated.