Queensland Disaster Resilience Fund (QDRF)

About the QDRF (2018-19)

The Queensland Disaster Resilience Fund (QDRF) was announced in 2018 to support projects to strengthen the resilience of Queensland communities and help them better prepare for disasters.

In the 2018-19 financial year, $9.5 million was committed, with 62 successful projects including bushfire mitigation measures such as fire breaks, riverbank stabilisation, flood modelling and mapping, evacuation centre upgrades, and reducing disaster risk for people with disabilities.

Administration

The QDRF was administered by the Queensland Reconstruction Authority.

Status

The Queensland Disaster Resilience Fund (QDRF) has been completed.

Delivered projects

Region	Organisation	Project	$
Statewide	Australian Red Cross Society	The Pillowcase Project – Building children’s resilience to disasters	$333,337
Statewide	Department of Communities	Disability Inclusive and Disaster Resilient Queensland Communities	$437,990
Statewide	GIVIT	Capacity-building GIVIT’s donation portal for Queensland disaster recovery service	$119,482
Statewide	Queensland Fire and Emergency Services	Development of bushfire smoke modelling and forecasting for Queensland	$65,000
Statewide	Brisbane River Strategic Floodplain Management Plan	Implementation of the plan to the four local governments of Somerset, Lockyer Valley, Ipswich and Brisbane	$2,000,000
Central Queensland	Banana Shire Council	Establish BoM flood warning service for Biloela and Jambin	$86,400
Central Queensland	Central Highlands Regional Council	Bluff flood mitigation study Community resilience education and emergency volunteer recruitment	$72,500
Central Queensland	Gladstone Regional Council	Uxbridge Road to Maude Hill Road fire trail	$20,000
Central Queensland	Isaac Regional Council	Generator for local disaster coordination centre relocation	$24,850
Central Queensland	Livingstone Shire Council	Strategic fire trails and mitigation activities	$125,000
Central Queensland	North Burnett Regional Council	Ross Crossing bridge approaches and rock protection	$247,345
Central Queensland	Rockhampton Regional Council	Rockhampton Airport precinct levee feasibility study	$376,625
Far North Queensland	Burke Shire Council	Burketown flood risk management study	$92,000
Far North Queensland	Carpentaria Shire Council	Flinders River floodplain investigation and assessment Critters Camp small cell tower	$195,150
Far North Queensland	Cook Shire Council	Ayton radio tower resiliency upgrades	$66,175
Far North Queensland	Croydon Shire Council	Install flood cameras and river height monitoring	$38,570
Far North Queensland	Douglas Shire Council	Automated rain gauges for upper Daintree River and Bloomfield River Portable flood barriers for Douglas Shire Automated flooded road warning signage at Barratt Creek Daintree Portable two-way radio base station for Douglas Shire	$75,450
Far North Queensland	Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council	Elim Road resilience project	$500,000
Far North Queensland	Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council	Emergency power supply Iterra IP satellite system	$193,466
Far North Queensland	Torres Cape Indigenous Council Alliance	Indigenous local government disaster resilience and recovery forum	$13,200
Far North Queensland	Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council	Water, waste water, communications, early warning resiliency project	$220,000
Far North Queensland	Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council	Bukki Road bitumen seal and drainage	$160,783
North Queensland	Charters Towers Regional Council	RNAV instrument flight procedure design Flood monitoring – Clarke River site	$83,830
North Queensland	Gloucester Sports and Recreation Association Inc	Emergency Communications	$59,558
North Queensland	Hinchinbrook Shire Council	Orient Road upgrade Atkinson Pocket Road upgrade Seymour Road upgrade	$481,989
North Queensland	Mackay Regional Council	Installation of a flood camera network	$84,975
North Queensland	Reef Catchments (Mackay Whitsunday)	Improved resilience through fire management planning and coordination	$225,720
North Queensland	Whitsunday Regional Council	Whitsunday critical asset resilience program – Stage 2	$31,335
North Coast	Burnett Mary Regional Group for Natural Resource Management	Riverbank shoreline rehabilitation in Burnett River	$220,000
North Coast	Fraser Coast Regional Council	Three flood cameras to increase Maryborough flood preparedness	$38,790
North Coast	Gympie Regional Council	Gympie region flood modelling and mapping	$565,000
North Coast	Noosa Council	Noosa Council flood forecasting system Installation of permanent tide gauges in lower Noosa River	$45,000
South East Queensland	Sunshine Coast Regional Council	Telemetered level gauges on Obi Obi Creek, Maleny	$2,500
South East Queensland	Redland City Council	Russell Island (Glendale Road) fire trail design	$48,000
Southern Queensland	Somerset Regional Council	Strengthening Burton’s Bridge, Borallon below Wivenhoe Dam	$89,383
Southern Queensland	Southern Downs Regional Council	Upgrades to existing fire trails and construction of new trails	$129,385
Southern Queensland	Department of Environment and Science	Permanent water storage on Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and Partnerships - South West Region Estate Permanent and transportable water storage near Girraween National Park	$42,000
Western Queensland	Balonne Shire Council	Disaster recovery, coordination and operational backup power supply	$86,260
Western Queensland	Blackall-Tambo Regional Council	Early warning river and rain network expansion Emergency generators for disaster coordination centres	$164,404
Western Queensland	Boulia Shire Council	Emergency generator for disaster coordination centre	$42,541
Western Queensland	Bulloo Shire Council	Burke and Wills Bridge approaches – reconstruction, road pavement and drainage improvements	$240,614
Western Queensland	Cloncurry Shire Council	Staging shed for community recovery activities Survival kit	$46,705
Western Queensland	Diamantina Shire Council	Birdsville Hall switchboard upgrade	$60,000
Western Queensland	Longreach Regional Council	Upgrading the existing Ilfracombe evacuation centre Disaster management coordination centre improvements	$57,735
Western Queensland	Maranoa Regional Council	Minor local drainage in Mitchell	$375,000
Western Queensland	Paroo Shire Council	Black Gate Road floodways	$141,060
Western Queensland	South West Queensland Local Government Association	Regional disaster resilience officer	$310,817
Western Queensland	Winton Shire Council	Old Landsborough Highway replace concrete floodway	$184,077