Plans, strategies and guides

The Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) has a number of plans, strategies and guides to support strengthening Queensland's disaster resilience.

Plans

• Organisational

  • Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) Strategic Plan

• Statewide recovery

  • Queensland Recovery Plan

  • State Recovery Plans - event specific

    • 2021-22 Southern Queensland Floods 
    • 2019 Queensland Bushfires
    • 2019 Monsoon Trough
    • 2018 Central Queensland Bushfires
    • 2017 Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie
    • 2010-11 Queensland flooding events and STC Yasi

• Flood warning infrastructure

  • Queensland Strategic Flood Warning Infrastructure Plan

• Floodplain management  

  • Brisbane River Catchment - Strategic Floodplain Management Plan and Flood Studies

Strategies

• Statewide resilience

  • Queensland Strategy for Disaster Resilience (2022-2027)

• Regional resilience

  • Regional Resilience Strategies

• Flood resilience 

  • Burdekin and Haughton Flood Resilience Strategy
  • Burnett Catchment Flood Resilience Strategy

Guides

• Funding guidelines

  • Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) – Guidelines for Queensland

    • Queensland Disaster Funding Guidelines (QDFG) 2021 (For events that occur from 1 July 2021 onwards)
    • Queensland Disaster Relief and Recovery Guidelines (QDRR) 2018 (For disaster events that occurred between 1 November 2018 and 30 June 2021 inclusive)
    • DRFA Toolbox - guides, strategies and tips sheets  

  • State Disaster Relief Arrangements (SDRA)

  • Resilience funding

    • Resilient Homes Fund
    • Queensland Resilience and Risk Reduction Fund
      • Queensland Resilience and Risk Reduction Fund 2021-2022
      • Queensland Resilience and Risk Reduction Fund 2020-2021
      • Queensland Resilience and Risk Reduction Fund 2019-2020
    • North Queensland Natural Disasters Mitigation Program
    • Get Ready Queensland - funding program for councils
    • Local Recovery and Resilience Grants 2021-2022
    • Get Ready Queensland funding program for councils
    • Queensland Betterment programs

  • Event specific exceptional circumstances assistance

  • MARS portal for funding program applications

• Activations - Request a disaster funding activation

• Flood risk management

  • Queensland Flood Risk Management Framework

• Supporting investment in resilience

  • Queensland Disaster Resilience and Mitigation Investment Framework 
  • Economic Assessment Framework of Flood Risk Management Projects

• Building guidance for resilient homes

  • Resilient Homes Building Guidance for Queensland Homes 
    • Flood Resilient Building Guidance for Queensland
    • Cyclone and Storm Tide Resilient Building Guidance for Queensland Homes
    • Bushfire Resilient Building Guidance for Queensland Homes

• Flood classifications

  • Flood classifications in Queensland

• Flood evacuation routes

  • Flood evacuation route improvements - State guideline

• Helping Queensland councils better understand risk, costs and repeat damage from disaster events

  • Repeat Events and Dollars Index application