Disaster assistance is now available in the Gold Coast and Scenic Rim after a severe storm caused floods and landslides in the south-east in September.
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With Australia in line for a third La Nina season in a row, Queenslanders are being urged to prepare their families and property for possible natural disasters. That’s the message during Get Ready Queensland Week, which launched today in Brisbane and Rockhampton.
Almost 40 per cent of the homes and commercial buildings impacted by the South East Queensland floods, are no longer showing signs of damage and repairs have started on almost one-third of the properties still damaged.
A new five-year strategy to strengthen disaster resilience in Queensland will further improve the state’s capacity to deal with natural disasters and climate change.
The 2021-22 Southern Queensland Floods State Recovery and Resilience Plan 2022-24 shows both the scale of the disaster and the work underway to recover.
Primary producers in southern Queensland will soon have support from specialised resilience officers to help them recover from recent natural disasters and plan for future events.
Twenty-three flood-impacted homeowners in Goodna and Brisbane have become the first Queenslanders to accept a voluntary home buy back offer as part of the $741 million Resilient Homes Fund.
Projects helping build Queensland’s resilience to natural disasters were on show at the 2022 Get Ready Queensland Resilient Australia Awards, held in Brisbane on Thursday 8 September.
Grants extended for ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth and the Central, Western and Southern Queensland Floods
Primary producers and businesses impacted by Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth and the Central, Southern and Western Queensland floods will have more time to apply for Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants.
A program to develop and extend business resilience planning processes is helping Queensland farmers better manage their land and crops in the face of a changing climate and more severe weather.