All the latest news and initiatives from the Queensland Reconstruction Authority.
Disaster assistance is now available to seven more flooded local councils following extreme monsoonal rainfall and flooding across Regional Queensland.
Support has been approved through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) in the local government areas of Burke, Doomadgee, Lockhart River, Longreach, Mareeba, Mount Isa, and Townsville.
The demolition of Goodna homes bought back under the Voluntary Home Buy-Back Program is a significant step in the community’s recovery.
One of three program options under the $741 million Resilient Homes Fund (RHF), the Voluntary Home Buy-Back Program is aiming to remove flood-impacted homeowners from harm’s way.
Disaster assistance is now available for 19 local councils in regional Queensland, impacted by recent wet weather events.
Support has been activated for the first of the regions affected by monsoon activity during December and January, through the jointly-funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
More than $19 million in disaster assistance is now available to repair damaged riverine areas following severe flooding which impacted large areas of Queensland in early 2022.
Stage 2 of the Riverine Recovery Program to repair flood-damaged riverine, wetland and riparian environments is joint-funded under the Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
More than 130 flood-impacted homeowners have now accepted a voluntary home buy-back as part of the $741 million Resilient Homes Fund.
The program, a jointly funded initiative delivered through Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA), was established following the catastrophic 2021-22 rainfall and flooding events.
Warped courts at Auchenflower Basketball Stadium are among more than 200 Queensland disaster-affected sites to share $75 million in joint state and federal recovery funding.
The $75 million in joint disaster recovery and resilience funding is in response to major Queensland flood and rain events since late 2021.
Queensland’s remote and regional communities will be able to build disaster-damaged public assets from the 2020-21 disaster season back to a better standard after they shared in $20 million in Betterment funding.
South East Queensland primary producers, businesses and non-profit organisations impacted by rainfall and flooding between February and April this year have more time to apply for an Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Recovery Grant, with the deadline extended to 10 March 2023.
The Queensland Government will provide $10 million towards 22 council projects aiming to reduce disaster risk and lower insurance costs for residents, businesses and communities in North Queensland.
The Flood Warning Infrastructure Network (FWIN) project to upgrade North Queensland’s flood warning network is now complete.
This $8 million project saw 180 new flood warning assets installed across 28 council areas in the Far North, North and North West of the state.
