Seven Queensland councils will share in $8.9 million of additional funding for a range of projects to help drive the economic recovery of communities impacted by last year’s devastating bushfires.

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.

Get Ready Queensland Ambassador and rugby league legend Johnathan Thurston visited Peregian Springs State School today to discuss how students and their families are preparing for severe weather this disaster season.

Recovery assistance grants of up to $25,000 are now available to support the recovery of primary producers in Far North Queensland impacted by Tropical Cyclone Niran.

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.

Community groups, state and local governments, an architects’ firm and a north Queensland high school have taken out top honours at the 2020 Get Ready Queensland Resilient Australia Awards, with winners announced at a virtual ceremony as part of this year’s Get Ready Queensland Week.

Forty-nine projects are being delivered through the $13.1 million Queensland Resilience and Risk Reduction Fund (QRRRF), a joint initiative between Australian and Queensland Governments.

Regional and remote parts of Queensland have been approved for almost $16 million to rebuild infrastructure damaged by the 2019 monsoon trough event to a more resilient standard.

Queensland communities can now apply for a share of more than $13 million in funding to help them better prepare for future disasters through the Queensland Resilience and Risk Reduction Fund (QRRRF).