All the latest news and initiatives from the Queensland Reconstruction Authority.
Disaster assistance is now available for the Lockyer Valley, Balonne and Barcoo local government areas following severe storms occurring from 19-27 October 2022.
Assistance for counter disaster operations, and to repair roads and other essential public infrastructure is being provided through the jointly-funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
Major insurers have signed up to help flood-affected Queensland homeowners repair and return to their homes sooner.
A new partnership agreement has been signed between the State Government and Suncorp and RACQ to assist policy holders eligible for assistance under the Australian and Queensland governments’ $741 million Resilient Homes Fund.
Thirty four flood-impacted homeowners in Ipswich and Brisbane have now accepted the government’s offer to buy back their home following the catastrophic Queensland floods of 2022.
Disaster assistance is now available in the Gold Coast and Scenic Rim local government areas after a severe storm caused floods and landslides in the south-east in September.
Assistance to repair roads and other infrastructure is being provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
Queensland communities affected by devastating weather events last summer will benefit from $19.5 million in Flexible Funding Grants (FFGs) to drive recovery and resilience projects.
The grants are provided by the Australian and Queensland governments through Category C of the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
With Australia in line for a third La Nina season in a row, Queenslanders are being urged to prepare their families and property for possible natural disasters.
That’s the message during Get Ready Queensland Week (10-16 October), which launched today with events at Nundah State School in Brisbane and Depot Hill State School in Rockhampton.
Primary producers in southern Queensland will soon have support from specialised resilience officers to help them recover from recent natural disasters and plan for future events.
Disaster assistance is now available in three Local Government Areas (LGAs) after intense rainfall and severe flooding throughout south-west Queensland in recent weeks.
Assistance to repair roads and other infrastructure is being provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) in the LGAs of Murweh, Paroo and Quilpie.
A new five-year strategy to strengthen disaster resilience in Queensland will further improve the state’s capacity to deal with natural disasters and climate change.
