Disaster assistance extended following floods in Northern and Central-Western Queensland in April

Disaster assistance has been extended to the local government areas of Charters Towers, Flinders and Richmond following intense rainfall and flooding throughout northern and central-western Queensland over the past month.

The assistance is made possible through the joint Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) and will help these councils to cover counter-disaster operations, such as clean-up and sandbagging, and the cost to repair essential public infrastructure damaged during the event between 21 April and 12 May 2022.

Northern and central-western Queensland experienced multiple days of heavy rain in late April 22 that damaged public infrastructure and caused disruption to the local communities.

In mid-May 2022, another severe weather event rolled through, causing further damage and impacted more communities in Central Queensland.

By extending the DRFA assistance to Charters Towers, Flinders and Richmond, we are ensuring these communities will receive the financial support they need to cover the costs of the clean-up and counter-disaster operations such as sandbagging, in addition to the repair of essential public infrastructure such as roads.”

Queensland has now experienced eight natural disasters in 2021-22 that have necessitated the activation of DRFA assistance.

But no matter how many disasters we face our communities can be assured we will continue to work with them to provide all available support to assist with their recovery.