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Nominations are now open for the 2019 Get Ready Queensland Resilient Australia Awards, celebrating innovation and best practice in disaster preparation and resilience.

Two years on from Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie crossing the coast at Airlie Beach and inundating communities from Bowen to the New South Wales border, recovery efforts are continuing and reconstruction works are almost complete.

Disaster assistance is now available for local government areas in Far North Queensland impacted by the severe weather and flooding brought on by Severe Tropical Cyclone Trevor. Assistance is being provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-Queensland Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).

Local governments, state agencies and non-government organisations can now apply for a share of the $38 million Queensland Disaster Resilience Fund (QDRF) for initiatives that will better protect Queensland communities from natural disasters.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk today announced the role of State Recovery Coordinator Major General Stuart Smith (Retd) would extend to head up flood recovery efforts.

Disaster assistance has been extended for communities in Burdekin, Cairns, Cook, Douglas, Hope Vale, Townsville and Whitsunday regions due to record-breaking monsoonal floods still impacting north and Far North Queensland.

Disaster assistance has been made available for communities in north and Far North Queensland impacted by severe weather and flooding brought on by Tropical Cyclones Penny and Owen in December and early January.

New State Recovery Coordinator Major General Stuart Smith (Retd) spent his first days in the role visiting areas most impacted by the recent Central Queensland bushfires.

Disaster assistance has been provided to Redland City Council to help cover the cost of fighting bushfires on North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah), and for impacts on the community.

Visit the Queensland Government's 'After a Bushfire - Resources' page for fact sheets to help keep you healthy when returning home in the aftermath of bushfires.