Holiday cabins at Ellis Beach

FNQ tourism businesses can build back better under $10 million resilient infrastructure program

20 February 2024
Tourism operators in FNQ impacted by ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper can apply for grants up to $250,000 to get back on their feet as soon possible and future-proof for future storms and floods.
Western Downs resident Clair with her caravan before the bushfires of late 2023.

Emergency housing solutions wheeled out for bushfire victims

20 January 2024
In early November 2023 a convoy of 23 caravans rolled into Tara in Queensland's Western Downs to provide temporary accommodation for vulnerable locals following devastating bushfires throughout the region.
Burketown flood gauge

New $119 million recovery package in response to devastating 2023 monsoon

17 January 2024
The Australian and Queensland governments have announced a new $119 million recovery and resilience package to help communities impacted by the extreme 2023 monsoonal floods experienced across northern and central Queensland with long-term recovery.
GRAP unit 2

Disused Gympie caravan park reborn as crisis accommodation wins Resilient Australia Award

20 December 2023
Unprecedented flooding in Gympie was the catalyst for a stunning transformation that saw a disused caravan park become crisis accommodation and a blueprint for the future.
VHBB house demolition Grantham

Voluntary Home Buy-Back progress in Lockyer Valley

11 December 2023
Relocation, demolition and site rectification works are powering ahead on Lockyer Valley properties purchased under the Voluntary Home Buy-Back (VHBB) program. 21 contracts of sale have now been settled in the Lockyer Valley, allowing families to move on with their lives out of high-risk flood zones.
Burnt road sign Southern Downs

Queensland plans for bushfire recovery

6 December 2023
The Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) has been working closely with councils and across agencies to coordinate recovery in the local government areas affected by the latest devastating bushfires in southern and northern Queensland.
Capricorn Coast's new Emu Park Reservoir south of Yeppoon.

New reservoir brings more water supply to Capricorn Coast

1 December 2023
After an 18-month construction period, Emu Park Reservoir is now a reality for residents of the Capricorn Coast south of Yeppoon.
Resilient Homes Fund

The Queensland household resilience program setting the national standard

26 October 2023
“The buy-back program not only helps us personally, but it also contributes to the overall resilience of the community by breaking the cycle of damage and rebuilding, which has affected so many families.”
Brisbane flood damage

Real-time test validates decade of flood resilience design work

12 October 2023
Building a better future for all. It’s at the heart of the ethos of Woolloongabba-based architecture and design practice JDA Co and their pioneering work to build local flood resilience.
Ribbon cutting to open Mungindi River Park on the Queensland-New South Wales border.

How COVID broke down borders in Queensland’s south-west

28 August 2023
How does a tiny, remote community that exists in truly unique circumstances complete with a range of unusual challenges, come together to develop a comprehensive and coordinated approach to disaster resilience?
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