Get Ready Queensland funding for councils

About Get Ready Queensland

The Get Ready Queensland grants funding program provides a total of $2 million in Queensland Government funding to support the state’s 77 local councils and 1 Town Authority (the grant recipients) to improve their communities’ disaster resilience. The program is designed to help local governments engage with their communities to enhance preparedness for extreme weather and natural disasters, build long-term resilience, and support Queensland’s vision of becoming Australia’s most disaster-resilient state.

2026-27 Funding program

Each council in Queensland will receive funding for 2026-27 to deliver locally-led resilience building projects. The approved funding amounts for each applicant are based on the local government area’s population. Applicants are encouraged to include activities to participate in Get Ready Queensland Week, taking place 5-11 October 2026.

The Get Ready Queensland 2026-27 Grants Guidelines (below) includes a program overview, eligibility criteria for funded activities, conditions of funding and the submission and acquittal process as well as the key program timeframes.

More information and key contacts

For general queries about Get Ready Queensland or the funding program:

email getready@qra.qld.gov.au
visit the Get Ready Queensland website

For applicant support in selecting project activities, making submissions or other questions about funding:

email getready@qra.qld.gov.au AND your QRA Resilience and Recovery Officer

For more program resources:

visit the Get Ready Queensland Council Hub (refer to the program guidelines or email getready@qra.qld.gov.au for the login details).

Get Ready Queensland - Website

Family sitting looking at stormy landscape with wording What's your what-if plan?

Get Ready Queensland (public website)

The Get Ready Queensland program is a year round, all hazards, resilience building initiative coordinated by the Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) to help communities prepare for natural disasters. The Get Ready Queensland public website has information about: alerts and warnings; understand your risk; get prepared; during a disaster; after a disaster; news; campaigns and local council links to disaster dashboards.
(External link to https://www.getready.qld.gov.au/)

Get Ready Queensland - Council Hub

The Get Ready Queensland Council Hub provides council officers with funding information, key dates, downloadable resources including logos, campaign materials, flood communication toolkit, images, activity ideas and more. All council officers can email getready@qra.qld.gov.au for access to the Council Hub.
(External link to https://www.getready.qld.gov.au/protected-page?destination=/council-hub&protected_page=1).

Administering agency

The Queensland Reconstruction Authority is the administering agency for the Get Ready Queensland program. The program aligns with QRA’s role and vision for 'stronger, safer, resilient Queensland communities'.

In August 2017, the Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) assumed administrative responsibility for the Get Ready Queensland grant program from the (then) Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning (DILGP).

QRA Reference CM DOC/26/30743. Last updated 12 June 2026.