Get Ready Queensland funding for councils

About Get Ready Queensland

Get Ready Queensland is about building our resilience to deal with the extreme weather and natural disasters that are part of living in our state. Its aim is to make Queensland the nation’s most disaster resilient state.

Resilience is about more than just good preparation or effective responding. It is about accepting that extreme weather is part of living in Queensland, and preparing to handle it accordingly.

Funding program for councils

The Get Ready Queensland funding program provides a total of $2 million in Queensland Government funding to help local governments improve their communities’ resilience.

2024-25 funding program

Each council in Queensland will receive funding to use in 2024-25 on locally-led resilience building projects. The approved funding amounts is based on the local government area population.

The Get Ready Queensland 2024-25 Grants Guidelines (external link to PDF) outline the purpose of the funding and eligible expenditure options for councils and provide a program overview and information about eligibility, desired outcomes and funding conditions.

2023-24 acquittals checklist

All claimed Get Ready Queensland expenditure for the 2023-24 program must be submitted to QRA by 30 September 2024

When preparing your acquittal, the following should be attached as supporting documents on your email:

signed Certificate of Expenditure
examples of completed activities funded (e.g. event photos, collateral, videos)
detailed transaction general ledger report.

Please email acquittal documents to submissions@qra.qld.gov.au.

More information

For queries about the funding program for councils:

check the Get Ready Queensland Council Hub (email getready@qra.qld.gov.au for the password).
contact your QRA Recovery Officer
email getready@qra.qld.gov.au

Get Ready Queensland - Website

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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).

Contact the Get Ready Queensland team

Email getready@qra.qld.gov.au