Get Ready Queensland Week 2018 launched on Monday 8 October in line with the Bureau of Meteorology’s Cyclone and Severe Storm Outlook for 2018-19. The multi-agency, statewide event helped Queenslanders prepare for whatever Mother Nature has in store this disaster season.
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Disaster resilience line of sight
Queensland's Strategy for Disaster Resilience aligns with global, national, state, regional and local resilience policies and initiatives as outlined in the diagram below showing the resilience line of s
A program empowering NDIS participants in the Bundaberg area to prepare for disasters has been described nationally as "impressive", and the "best system".
Getting ready, reducing risk and building resilience is one of three Queensland Reconstruction Authority organisational objectives in the Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) Strategic Plan 2024-28.
The Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) is the state’s lead agency responsible for disaster recovery, resilience and flood risk management policy in Queensland.
The Commonwealth and state government have established a $20 million fund to strengthen key infrastructure to better withstand natural disasters, and in doing so have changed how Betterment funding is delivered in Queensland.
Queensland Police Service Assistant Commissioner Ben Marcus has been appointed Deputy State Recovery Coordinator to boost recovery efforts in south-east Queensland following severe weather over the Christmas period.
An $8 million funding kick-start from the Australian and Queensland Governments will boost the clean-up and early recovery efforts of communities impacted by north Queensland’s flood emergency.
What is betterment?
Betterment allows local governments and state agencies to rebuild essential public assets to a more resilient standard to help them withstand the impacts of future natural disasters.
The Queensland Strategy for Disaster Resilience (QSDR) provides an overarching framework to guide how Queensland Government collaboratively delivers disaster resilience commitments and actions, based on local and regional needs, to streng