Making Queensland the most disaster resilient state in Australia
A new framework to help flood practitioners better compare and invest in flood mitigation and resilience will help build safer communities and reduce the financial burden from floods.
Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) Chief Executive Officer Brendan Moon said the Economic Assessment Framework of Flood Risk Management Projects sets a new standard for the economic assessment of flood risk mitigation projects in Australia.
Disaster assistance has been extended to the local government areas of Goondiwindi, Lockyer Valley, Quilpie and Southern Downs following the heavy rainfall and flash flooding that drenched Southern Queensland this week.
Assistance is being provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
Disaster assistance is now available to Gold Coast, Logan and Scenic Rim councils following sustained heavy rainfall and ongoing flash-flooding across Southern Queensland.
