Invest in betterment and disaster risk reduction for resilience

Invest in betterment and disaster risk reduction for resilience is one of four Queensland Reconstruction Authority organisational principles in the Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) Strategic Plan 2025-29.

The objectives, strategies and performance indicators under this principal are outlined below.

Objectives

  • QRA understands and clearly articulates the need for resilience investment with a clear ‘business as usual’ option and demonstration of economic, social and mental health outcomes
  • QRA supports resilient and climate appropriate land use planning, building codes and climate appropriate design supporting the need for new housing for a growing population through provision of expert advice

Strategies

  • Work with government and research partners to understand risk and capture mitigation measures driving the need for resilience investment
  • Coordinate state action for resilience and disaster mitigation through delivery of the Queensland’s Strategy for Disaster Resilience 2022-2027
  • Coordinate state resilience policy to ensure local communities needs are recognised in future recovery and resilience plans
  • Develop proactive prioritised investment pipelines at a state level for betterment, particularly relating to access routes and road infrastructure
  • Continue investment in event-specific Betterment programs following disasters
  • Document Queensland’s resilience story, detailing the outcomes achieved from projects delivered across the entire recovery and resilience portfolio
  • Enhance economic cost and benefit analysis frameworks and business case templates to better inform investment decisions
  • Incorporate climate adaptation into assessment of Queensland’s resilience project proposals in alignment with Queensland’s Climate Adaptation Strategy
  • Promote resilient land use planning and building codes and explore partnerships to pilot and demonstrate resilient housing design
  • Evaluate recovery, resilience and betterment investment to ensure effectiveness and value for money
  • Building on the learnings and corporate knowledge of existing resilience programs 

Performance indicators

  • Allocate DRFA efficiencies funding towards a new proactive resilience Queensland Betterment Fund in line with the Queensland Government commitment