Queensland farmer who died in floods while tending to cattle identified as Paul Stephenson

A Queensland man killed after being swept away by flash flooding has been identified as farmer Paul Stephenson.

Stephenson, 69, was moving cattle to higher ground on his property along Condamine River Road in Killarney on Wednesday night.

Rapidly rising water consumed him and his vehicle, washing them both away about 8.30pm.

“Last night was the hardest of our lives,” his wife Colleen said in a statement on Thursday.

“We lost our heart and head of our home – our Paul.

“And our lives will…