Balonne Shire Council and eligible residents in the bushfire hit areas of Dirranbandi and Hebel on the Queensland-New South Wales border can now access support following recent blazes.

Queensland’s flood-affected primary producers, small businesses and not-for-profit organisations will now have more time to apply for extraordinary disaster assistance in response to the monsoonal floods that inundated the north-west in early 2023.

The determination and innovation of Queenslanders in the face of natural disasters was showcased at the Get Ready Queensland Resilient Australia Awards night for 2023.