The Australian and Queensland Governments today announced a $14 million Category C community recovery package to support the mental health and resilience of communities impacted by the Southern and Eastern Queensland Bushfires in 2019.

The package includes $4.7 million to address the risk to the mental health and wellbeing of communities doing it tough and $3 million to employ Community Development Officers.

A $6 million tourism recovery package has been announced to bring tourists back to Scenic Rim, Southern Downs, Sunshine Coast and Noosa following the devastating September bushfires.

The funding will support impacted operators and stimulate local economies.

The package includes $1.5 million for tourism marketing, $500,000 for industry recovery officers and $1 million to restore trails in the renowned Lamington National Park.

New cyclone and storm tide resilient building guides released today will support communities in Queensland increase their resilience to future natural disasters.

The release of the guides by Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA), in conjunction with the Cyclone Testing Station at James Cook University, follows the launch of the Flood Resilient Building Guidance for Queensland Homes earlier this year.