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Get Ready Week press conference

Get Ready Queensland Week 2020 launch

12 October 2020

The Get Ready Queensland Team made a special visit to Rocklea State School this morning with GRQ ambassador Johnathan Thurston to officially launch Get Ready Queensland Week (12 – 18 October).
Noosa trail

More funding to help Queensland communities

7 October 2020

Five Queensland council areas heavily impacted by last year’s bushfires will share in more than $6 million to deliver a range of locally developed projects that will contribute to economic and social recovery, and create local jobs.
QRRRF

$9.6 million in resilience funding to disaster-proof Queensland

7 October 2020
Forty-nine projects are being delivered through the $13.1 million Queensland Resilience and Risk Reduction Fund (QRRRF), a joint initiative between Australian and Queensland Governments.
Map showing damage locations in Queensland

Helping councils get REDI for the next disaster

7 July 2020
The Repeat Events and Dollars Index (REDI) mapping application, developed by the Queensland Reconstruction Authority, will help councils better understand their risk to natural disasters and the costs that come with such events.
Images of Betterment projects

Queensland communities share in $16 million for resilient infrastructure

10 June 2020
Regional and remote parts of Queensland have been approved for almost $16 million to rebuild infrastructure damaged by the 2019 monsoon trough event to a more resilient standard.
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Applications open for disaster resilience and risk reduction funding in Queensland

8 June 2020
Queensland communities can now apply for a share of more than $13 million in funding to help them better prepare for future disasters through the Queensland Resilience and Risk Reduction Fund (QRRRF).
Project images

Queensland communities share a further $12 million for resilient infrastructure

24 April 2020

$12 million has just been announced for a further 26 resilient infrastructure projects in regional and remote communities impacted by the 2019 monsoon trough event. This funding is in addition to the more than $81 million already approved for stronger, more resilient infrastructure.
Binna Burra Lodge

Commonwealth and Queensland Bushfire Recovery Funding for Binna Burra Lodge

5 March 2020
Queensland’s Binna Burra Lodge, an iconic tourism drawcard for the state, is one step closer to reopening its doors thanks to almost $1.8 million in joint funding to support its recovery following last year's bushfires.
$14 million recovery package for bushfire-impacted communities. Image credit: Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, 2019. Photo of burnt bush land from the Southern Queensland Bushfires in September 2019.

$14 million to support mental health of bushfire-impacted communities

24 January 2020
The Australian and Queensland Governments today announced a $14 million Category C community recovery package to support the mental health and resilience of communities impacted by the Southern and Eastern Queensland Bushfires in 2019.
$6 million to help bring tourists back to bushfire-impacted communities

Multimillion-dollar tourism package to bring visitors back to bushfire-impacted communities

20 December 2019
A $6 million tourism recovery package has been announced to attract tourists back to Scenic Rim, Southern Downs, Sunshine Coast and Noosa following the devastating September bushfires.