In separate incidents, three men have been charged after trying to steal two small power boats that had been broken from there moorings on the Brisbane River on Wednesday, police reported.
"It's really unfortunate that we still have people who, during these desperate times, go about trying to make the misery even worse for others," deputy Queensland Police Commissioner Ian Stewart told the Seven Network.
Police are permanently patrolling the areas where residents have been evacuated, to prevent theft.
"We have an issue with people not wanting to leave their homes, to evacuate, because many of them simply fear that people will come in and rob them while they're not there," Mr Stewart said.
Three men will come before the Brisbane magistrates court next month charged with trying to steal two boats washed down river by raging floodwaters.
A police spokesman warned it was an offence to steal any property which had been washed away in the flood anyone who is caught looting or stealing in this way will be dealt with the full force of the law
There are dozens of boats floating in the Brisbane River after being swept from moorings.
