All the latest news and initiatives from the Queensland Reconstruction Authority.
Disaster assistance is now available for Far North Queensland’s Cook and Douglas Shire Councils, which were both hit by Category Two Tropical Cyclone Tiffany earlier this month.
Extraordinary disaster assistance recovery grants of up to $50,000, as well as low-interest loans of up to $250,000, are now available for eligible primary producers in the Somerset region after the floods that hit Central, Southern and Western Queensland in November and December 2021.
Freight subsidies of up to $5,000 are also available to help these producers overcome these difficulties and send their crops and stock to market.
Extraordinary assistance grants of up to $50,000 are now available for primary producers, small businesses and non-profit organisations affected by the recent floods in the Wide Bay-Burnett region to help communities get back on their feet.
Disaster assistance has now been extended to Bundaberg, North Burnett and South Burnett Regional Councils following the recent floods associated with ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth.
Personal hardship assistance has also been extended to the community of Dallarnil in North Burnett, which had been hit hard by the major flooding.
The assistance is being provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
Former Governor of Queensland Paul de Jersey has been appointed State Recovery Coordinator in response to Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth flooding event that has caused devastation through the Wide Bay and Burnett region.
He is a familiar and trusted face to everyone in Queensland, especially in his home town of Maryborough, which was ground zero for the latest flood emergency.
A range of disaster assistance measures are now available in the local government areas of Bundaberg, Cherbourg, Fraser Coast, Gympie, North Burnett and South Burnett following the devastating heavy rainfall and flooding associated with ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth from 7 – 10 January 2022.
Assistance is being provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
Extraordinary assistance grants of up to $50,000 for primary producers and up to $25,000 for small businesses hit by the recent floods in Central, Southern and Western Queensland are now available to help communities get back on their feet.
The financial assistance is being jointly funded by the Commonwealth and Queensland governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
Queensland’s tourism industry received a major boost today with the official opening of Whitsunday Regional Council’s new world-class Shute Harbour Marine Terminal.
The $63.5 million restoration project has seen a complete rebuild of the Shute Harbour marine facility after it was extensively damaged during Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie in March 2017.
Critical disaster assistance will now flow to primary producers in Central, Southern and Western Queensland impacted by the recent floods through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
Disaster assistance has been extended to further support flood impacted residents and communities in Central, Southern and Western Queensland as the State’s flooding emergency continues to unfold.
