Case studies

Chris and Ronnella Onyeajum faced the daunting task of cleaning out their house and property following the devastating floods in February 2022.

The flood waters had reached the door handles on the home’s second floor.   

Goodna resident Paul Harding and his family were among the first Queenslanders to accept a Resilient Homes Fund buy-back offer after their family home was devastated in the 2022 floods.

An elevated acre-block in Fernvale, away from the threat of rising waters, with a flying fox for the kids.

That’s what Dirk de Vos, his wife and two children can now look forward to after accepting their buy-back offer through the $741 million Resilient Homes Fund.

You don’t have to be an accountant to know that an extraordinary amount of rain - plus a small amount of time - equals trouble.  

But Paddy Beeraka from Tax Today is an accountant, so after the flood waters swept through his business he knew what to do next.

Today we'd like you to meet Joe. He runs Science Of Fitness in West End, Brisbane.

His gym was directly affected by the #seqfloods with knee height water going through the building causing damage to equipment, flooring and the walls.

Flood-affected small businesses across the Southeast have been thrown a lifeline from the Australian and Queensland governments, with grants of up to $50,000 now available.

In late February 2022, a job site in Willowbank was inundated by water as a result of the severe South East Queensland flooding.

A move from Castlemaine Street in Milton to Albion wasn’t enough to save the Milton Rum Distillery from the flood waters that devastated much of South East Queensland in early 2022.

Roger Wagner has been left living in a caravan after almost three metres of water came rushing through his home and backyard business.