Queensland Recovery Plan

About the Queensland Recovery Plan

The Queensland Recovery Plan outlines recovery requirements for operations, planning and arrangements at the local, district and state level. It drives a collaborative and coordinated approach across all functions of recovery, all levels of government and the whole community and ensures recovery operations are appropriate to the scale of the disaster event.

The Queensland Recovery Plan describes the arrangements for transition from response to recovery - highlighting the roles and responsibilities of the State Recovery Policy and Planning Coordinator and the State Recovery Coordinator and the functional recovery groups - to assist disaster impacted communities achieve optimum recovery outcomes.

The Queensland Recovery Plan promotes the enhancement of resilience through recovery.

The Queensland Recovery Plan provides information and guidance to stakeholders on the governance, planning and operational issues relating to disaster recovery for all hazards. The Queensland Recovery Plan is maintained by the Queensland Reconstruction Authority on behalf of the Queensland Disaster Management Committee. The Queensland Recovery Plan is a sub-plan to the Queensland State Disaster Management Plan.

The aim of the Queensland Recovery Plan 

The aim of the Recovery Plan is to:

  • ensure recovery operations are locally-led, integrated and appropriate to the scale of the disaster event
  • outline recovery requirements for local, district and state operations, planning and arrangements
  • drive a collaborative and coordinated approach across all functions of recovery and all levels of government and community
  • describe the arrangements for transition from response to recovery
  • articulate the roles and responsibilities of the State Recovery Policy and Planning Coordinator (SRPPC) and the State Recovery Coordinator (SRC)
  • clarify the roles and responsibilities of functional lead agencies in recovery
  • inform the development of local, district and state recovery plans, tools and structures
  • enable optimum recovery outcomes for disaster-impacted communities
  • link resilience building with recovery activities.

Read the Queensland Recovery Plan

Context

The Recovery Plan takes an all-hazards approach to disasters. It guides disaster recovery in Queensland and enables better recovery outcomes for impacted communities.

The Recovery Plan applies to everyone involved in disaster recovery. It informs local governments, Local Recovery Groups, Local Disaster Management Groups, District Disaster Management Groups, District Recovery Groups, Functional Recovery Groups and Queensland Government agencies.

It also provides a platform for non-government organisations and other disaster recovery stakeholders to embed good recovery practice that should be employed across all entities during recovery operations and planning.

The Recovery Plan will be reviewed biennially or after a significant recovery operation and updated accordingly.

Legislation and alignment

The Queensland Recovery Plan is consistent with:

The Queensland Recovery Plan is consistent with and is a sub-plan to: 

The Queensland Recovery Plan is: 

  • an all-hazards approach to disasters
  • a key guidance instrument for disaster recovery in Queensland to enable better recovery outcomes for impacted communities.

More information

For queries about the Queensland Recovery Plan please contact the QRA Recovery Policy team via:
policy@qra.qld.gov.au