Industry Recovery and Resilience - $2.5 million

Purpose

Industry Recovery and Resilience Officers aim to help producers recover from the initial impacts of the Central, Southern and Western Queensland Rainfall and Flooding, Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth and the South East Queensland Rainfall and Flooding events and build resilience to the impact of future cumulative flood events.

The program will provide support for primary producers for short, medium and longer-term recovery needs, including to develop industry-specific, risk-based, on farm flood management plans.

Industry Recovery and Resilience Officers will operate in the Local Government Areas (LGAs) activated for primary producer assistance following the Central, Southern and Western Queensland Rainfall and Flooding, Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth, South East Queensland Rainfall and Flooding, and Southern Queensland Flooding events.

Status

This program is currently underway, with Queensland's Department of Agriculture and Fisheries progressing the engagement of Industry Recovery and Resilience Officers through relevant industry peak bodies and natural resource management groups.

Administering agency

Department of Primary Industries (DPI)

Funding acknowledgement

$2.5 million jointly funded (50:50) by the Queensland and Australian Governments under Category C of the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).