Get Ready Queensland Ambassador and rugby league legend Johnathan Thurston visited Peregian Springs State School today to discuss how students and their families are preparing for severe weather this disaster season.

Peregian Springs State School, which was impacted by the bushfires in September last year, was the random draw winner of the inaugural Get Ready Queensland schools competition.

Sedan Dip Road in Cloncurry has been rebuilt better than ever after it was damaged by the monsoon and floods in February 2019.

The roadworks received $9.4 million in Betterment funding under the joint Australian and Queensland Governments’ Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.

Sedan Dip Road provides essential access for livestock from major pastoral operations across two shires.

Community groups, state and local governments, an architects’ firm and a North Queensland high school have taken out top honours at the 2020 Get Ready Queensland Resilient Australia Awards.

The winners were announced at a virtual ceremony today as part of this year’s Get Ready Queensland Week activities.