The local government of the city of Sydney on Sunday ordered the deployment of 34 vehicles, as well as 30 specialists to assist in the cleanup operations in communities affected by the "epic" flooding in Brisbane and Queensland.

The vehicles include garbage trucks, excavators, backhoes, tipper trucks and utes, will travel north after Brisbane City Council accepted the City's offer for extra resources in the recovery effort.

An entourage of City employees will also travel to Queensland to help with relief efforts including some 31 staff from Cleansing and Waste, Civil Maintenance, Parks Services, Fleet and Health Services.

"I'm very proud we have so many staff willing to volunteer to the relief effort and I thank them for it," said Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP.

"It sends a great message of support to our northern neighbours and shows the integrity and generosity of people who work for the City of Sydney."

The Lord Mayor has also recommended the City donate $200,000 to the Queensland Premier's Disaster relief appeal, given the scale of the crisis.

The proposal will be considered at an extraordinary Council meeting currently set for 31 January and will be made to the Queensland Premier's Disaster relief appeal.

In recent years, the City has given readily to support communities devastated by bushfires in Victoria, earthquakes in China and Haiti, floods in Pakistan and the Tsunami across the Pacific.

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