Clean-up Program - 2023 Tropical Cyclone Jasper

About 

$20 million capped funding to specified local governments and state agencies to undertake assessments and conduct extraordinary clean-up activities following the following eligible events:

• Tropical Cyclone Jasper, associated rainfall and flooding, 13 – 28 December 2023
• South East Queensland Severe Storms and Rainfall, 24 December 2023 – 3 January 2024

The state will provide funding to eligible local governments and state agencies that require extraordinary assistance to undertake assessments and conduct extraordinary clean-up activities of rivers, waterways, beaches, community and recreational assets and National Parks and to support removal and disposal of disaster related debris.

Eligible councils

This funding is for the following eligible events and local governments:

• Tropical Cyclone Jasper, associated rainfall and flooding, 13 – 28 December 2023
  • Cairns Regional Council
  • Cassowary Coast Regional Council
  • Cook Shire Council
  • Douglas Shire Council
  • Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council
  • Mareeba Shire Council
  • Tablelands Regional Council
  • Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council
  • Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council
• South Queensland Severe Storms and Rainfall, 24 December 2023 – 3 January 2024
  • City of Gold Coast
  • Logan City Council
  • Scenic Rim Regional Council

Funding acknowledgement

The package is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments to support Queensland communities in their recovery from the Tropical Cyclone Jasper, 13 - 28 December 2023 event and the South Queensland Severe Storms and Rainfall, 24 December 2023 – 3 January 2024.

Administering Agency

Queensland Reconstruction Authority

Guidelines