Sport and Recreational Community Facilities Recovery - 2025 Tropical Cyclone Alfred and Associated Rainfall and Flooding

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The $27.5 million Sport and Recreational Community Facilities Recovery package aims to repair and rebuild affected sport and recreational community facilities damaged by the Tropical Cyclone Alfred and Associated Severe Weather, 1 - 16 March 2025 event.  The funding will be delivered through open competitive grants to eligible applicants with a focus on ensuring infrastructure is built in accordance with current knowledge and practices for mitigating disaster impact and improving a community’s capability to recover more effectively.

Funding acknowledgement

The package is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments to support Queensland communities in their recovery from the Tropical Cyclone Alfred and Associated Severe Weather, 1 - 16 March 2025 event.

Administering agency

Department of Sport, Racing, Olympic and Paralympic Games (DSROPG)

Eligible council areas

Funding through the grants program will be available to the following LGAs:

  1. Brisbane City Council
  2. Bundaberg Regional Council
  3. Fraser Coast Regional Council
  4. Gold Coast City Council
  5. Gympie Regional Council
  6. Ipswich City Council
  7. Livingstone Shire Council
  8. Lockyer Valley Regional Council
  9. Logan City Council
  10. Moreton Bay City Council
  11. Noosa Shire Council
  12. Redland City Council
  13. Scenic Rim Regional Council
  14. Somerset Regional Council
  15. South Burnett Regional Council
  16. Southern Downs Regional Council
  17. Sunshine Coast Regional Council
  18. Toowoomba Regional Council

Funding acknowledgement

The $27.5 million Sport and Recreational Community Facilities Recovery package is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments to support Queensland communities in their recovery from the Tropical Cyclone Alfred and Associated Severe Weather, 1 - 16 March 2025 event.

Administering agency

Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA)

Delivery Agency

Department of Sport, Racing, Olympic and Paralympic Games (DSROPG)

How to apply

For further information on how to apply please click on the following link:

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Sport and Recreation Recovery Grant

Media statement

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7 July 2025: $169.297 million cyclone recovery package to restore SEQ beaches a…
7 July 2025: $169.297 million cyclone recovery package to restore SEQ beaches and boost communities
(External link to https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/103006)
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6 November 2025: $42.5 million for Queensland sporting clubs impacted by TC Alf…
6 November 2025: $42.5 million for Queensland sporting clubs impacted by TC Alfred and Western Queensland floods (External link: https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/103882)

 

QRA Reference: CM QRATF/26/6869. Last updated 7 November 2025.