"We have read a lot about the floods in southern Queensland, but there is a serious flood problem in the north-west that has largely gone unreported," he said.

"Once again, it appears the State Government has turned a blind eye to the plight of people living in the bush."

Mr Pattel said the flooding rains had actually started in the Gulf and Cloncurry region with falls of up to 200mm in some places. This caused major flooding from Kynuna, McKinlay, Cloncurry through to the Julia Creek area.

Burketown and Gulf communities had been isolated by floodwaters for almost a month so far in 2012.

"The Flinders Highway, has been closed from 28th January until today, 8th February between Julia Creek and Cloncurry. All supplies for Cloncurry and Mount Isa had to be diverted up the Matilda Highway," said Mr Pattel.

"The rail line is open but it does not carry much perishable freight as they have concentrated on mining freight and all small freight has been forced onto the road.

"Disaster Management groups are working with all the people who are still flood-affected north of the Flinders River," he said.

"Some are getting food drops or are making very long journeys to their towns to divert around roads that are still flooded or damaged such as the Cambridge Crossing on the Richmond-Croydon Road, which has been washed away.

"The middle section of the $1 million Gough Plastics bridge across the Cambridge, a major arterial supply road for the region, has been washed away by floodwaters," he said.

Mr Pattel called on the State Government to send a representative to the north-west to assess the damage and to provide urgent assistance.