More than $11 million has been approved for a range of projects that will help with the economic and social recovery in Queensland communities that were heavily impacted by last year’s bushfires.

Twelve projects have been approved in the second round of the $36.8 million Local Economic Recovery Program.

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.