Disaster assistance is now available to five flood-impacted local councils following heavy rainfall and flooding across western and southern Queensland from 10-13 November 2021.

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.

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.

Councils, state agencies and not-for-profits will share in more than $19 million in resilience and risk reduction funding to help communities better prepare for future disasters.

The Get Ready Queensland team made a special visit to Rocklea State School this morning with GRQ Ambassador Johnathan Thurston to officially launch Get Ready Queensland Week for 2020.

Disaster assistance has been extended to the local government areas of Goondiwindi, Lockyer Valley, Quilpie and Southern Downs following the heavy rainfall and flash flooding that drenched southern Queensland this week.

Extraordinary assistance grants up to $50,000 for primary producers and up to $25,000 for small businesses hit by recent floods in central, southern and western Queensland are now available.

Extraordinary disaster assistance recovery grants up to $50,000, low-interest loans up to $250,000, and freight subsidies up to $5,000 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.

Critical disaster assistance will now flow to flood-affected primary producers in central, southern and western Queensland through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).