<P> More than 55,000 volunteers registered to help clean up the streets of Brisbane, with thousands more unregistered volunteers wandering the muddy streets with gumboots and mops . Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the volunteering effort showed tremendous' Aussie spirit' and that, "...right across Queensland today people have got up, they've marched out of their homes and they've gone to find people to help . It's a tremendous spirit of volunteering right across Queensland ...". </P> <P> New Zealand Prime Minister John Key on the floods . </P> <P> Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard toured flood - affected areas on 31 December, the day before The Queen (Elizabeth II), sent her expressions of concern and sympathy for the victims of the floods to her representative in Queensland, Governor Penelope Wensley . The Queen later made a donation to her Queensland premier's flood relief appeal, as did her son, The Prince of Wales . In March 2011, The Prince's eldest son, Prince William, toured the affected areas in Queensland, as well as those damaged by the floods in Victoria . </P> <P> US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated, "On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I offer my condolences for the loss of life and damage in Queensland caused by the recent flooding ." US President Barack Obama said he was ready to help . </P>

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