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Disaster assistance is now available in ten Local Government Areas after intense rainfall resulted in widespread flooding throughout much of Northern and Central-Western Queensland in April.

Additional grants and loans are now available for flood-affected primary producers, small businesses and sporting and community clubs to help them get back on their feet following the recent floods through South-East Queensland.

The Queensland Government will work with the Australian Government, local councils and communities to deliver a $741 million program to support the recovery of flood affected Queenslanders and help improve the resilience of their homes to future flooding.

It will include opportunities to retrofit homes with flood-resilient designs or raise homes out of harm’s way, in addition to working with local councils to explore voluntary buybacks to improve the safety of communities and Queenslanders affected by floods this disaster season.

In the final piece of Whitsunday Regional Council's Cyclone Debbie recovery puzzle, Proserpine's Entertainment Centre has swung its doors open to the public.

QRA CEO Brendan Moon attended the official opening along with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Whitsunday Regional Council Mayor Andrew Willcox.

One of the Australian Defence Force’s most respected leaders will lead Queensland’s flood recovery.

QRA welcomes the appointment of Major General Jake Ellwood as the State Recovery Coordinator, who will work closely with QRA and other key agencies to lead one of the largest-scale recovery operations the state has ever seen.

Financial support for flood-affected small businesses, farmers, not-for-profit organisations and sporting and community clubs in South East Queensland is available thanks to an agreement between the Prime Minister and Queensland Premier following the devastating February floods.

An initial $558.5 million, jointly funded by the Commonwealth and Queensland governments, will be provided to support communities in need.

Disaster assistance has been extended to the Local Government Area (LGA) of Longreach as the extent of the ongoing floods in Western Queensland continues to be realised.

Assistance is being provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-Queensland Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) to 13 LGAs in Western Queensland.

Disaster assistance has been extended to the Local Government Areas of Burke, Flinders, McKinlay and Paroo as the impacts from the ongoing floods in Western Queensland continue to be realised.

Assistance is being provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-Queensland Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) and is now available in 12 Local Government Areas in Western Queensland.

Disaster assistance is now available to speed up the recovery of eight regional communities in Western Queensland affected by extreme rainfall and flooding last month.

Assistance is being provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).

Disaster assistance is now available for Noosa Shire and Isaac Regional Councils following the severe flooding event between November and December last year.

The assistance is being provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).