SEQ flood recovery on track

SEQ recovery on track 12 months after devastating floods

30 March 2023
Of the 8,698 homes and businesses identified as damaged following the catastrophic SEQ floods of 2022, 6,744 properties, nearly 80 per cent, are now damage free once again.
Betterment - Pilbeam Drive

Decade of Betterment making Queensland infrastructure better

24 March 2023
Since the first Betterment Fund was established in 2013, the Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) has worked with councils and state agencies to deliver a wide variety of infrastructure projects across the state.
Scuba's Car and Dog Wash in Gympie, one of the thousands of businesses impacted by the 2022 SEQ floods.

Recovery grant helps Scuba's Car and Dog Wash emerge from Gympie flood disaster

23 March 2023

Scuba's Car and Dog Wash in Gympie had been running for almost eight years when it was completely submerged by the highest recorded floods to hit the region in 120 years.
Voluntary Home Buy-Back

More than 100 homes settled for voluntary buy-back

16 March 2023
Queensland’s Voluntary Home Buy-Back Program, part of the $741 million Resilient Homes Fund, has hit a new milestone with more than 100 flood-impacted home settlements complete.
DARM recovery officers inspect a flood-damaged property in Brisbane, Queensland.

Monitoring repairs, reconstruction and recovery following severe disaster events in Queensland

14 March 2023

The Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) introduced Damage Assessment and Reconstruction Monitoring (DARM) in 2011 following a summer of disasters in 2010-11.
A Structural Assistance Grant helped Leah pay for her replacement caravan.

Structural Assistance Grants helping disaster-hit Queenslanders back into their homes

9 March 2023

In February 2022, Leah and her son were living in a caravan on her parents’ property north of Gympie. Two weeks before the flooding, she had moved the caravan to a new position on the side of a hill.
Maleny Botanic Gardens

Better natural disaster resilience for Queensland tourism operators

2 March 2023
More than 30 tourism resilience initiatives across Queensland are set to be supported through the $5 million Building Resilient Tourism Infrastructure Fund, part of a $7 million Tourism Recovery and Resilience package launched last September.
New Zealand graphic

New Zealand to use Queensland model for disaster recovery

28 February 2023
The New Zealand Government will establish their Cyclone Recovery Taskforce modelled on the Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) in response to the extensive damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle.

One year on from the 2022 SEQ floods - Jokers Costume Mega Store, Rocklea

24 February 2023

Around 35,000 costumes were destroyed when Jokers Costume Mega Store in Rocklea was inundated with 1.8 metres of floodwater following the Brisbane rain bomb of 2022.
Chris and Ronnella Onyeajum from Goodna

Chris and Ronnella Onyeajum, Goodna – Voluntary Home Buy-Back Program

30 January 2023

Chris and Ronnella Onyeajum faced the daunting task of cleaning out their house and property following the devastating floods in February 2022.

The flood waters had reached the door handles on the home’s second floor.   
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