All the latest news and initiatives from the Queensland Reconstruction Authority.
Disaster assistance is now available for 19 local councils in regional Queensland, impacted by recent wet weather events.
Support has been activated for the first of the regions affected by monsoon activity during December and January, through the jointly-funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
Queensland’s remote and regional communities will be able to build disaster-damaged public assets from the 2020-21 disaster season back to a better standard after they shared in $20 million in Betterment funding.
South East Queensland primary producers, businesses and non-profit organisations impacted by rainfall and flooding between February and April this year have more time to apply for an Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Recovery Grant, with the deadline extended to 10 March 2023.
The Queensland Government will provide $10 million towards 22 council projects aiming to reduce disaster risk and lower insurance costs for residents, businesses and communities in North Queensland.
The Flood Warning Infrastructure Network (FWIN) project to upgrade North Queensland’s flood warning network is now complete.
This $8 million project saw 180 new flood warning assets installed across 28 council areas in the Far North, North and North West of the state.