Agricultural Industry Recovery and Resilience Officers - 2023 Northern Queensland Bushfires

About 

The $520,000 funding for Agricultural Industry Recovery and Resilience Officers program will employ targeted, specialised resilience officers who will work with industry, local governments and producers impacted by the Northern Queensland Fires, 18 October – 8 December 2023 to support regionally coordinated recovery approaches to disaster risk reduction for future disaster events.

Eligibility

Eligible council areas include:

  • Cook Shire Council
  • Flinders Shire Council
  • Mareeba Regional Council
  • McKinlay Shire Council
  • Tablelands Regional Council.

Funding acknowledgement

The package is funded by the Queensland Government to support Queensland communities in their recovery from the Northern Queensland Fires, 18 October – 8 December 2023 event. 

 

Administering agency 

Queensland Reconstruction Authority

Delivery agency 

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) 

Media statement

 

Last updated: 28 August 2024. QRA Reference QRATF/24/6729.