Milestone Reconstruction Monitoring operation tracks disaster recovery over two seasons

The Queensland Reconstruction Authority has carried out its first Reconstruction Monitoring operation of 2025, doorknocking around 3,500 homes and businesses from the Far North to the south-east.

In a first for the QRA, property damage assessments were conducted simultaneously for two separate disaster seasons, covering major disaster events from 2023-24 and 2024-25.

This included initial follow-up assessments for this year’s North and Far North Tropical Low and Tropical Cyclone Alfred, and final assessments for Tropical Cyclones Jasper and Kirrily, and the south-east Queensland Christmas storms, which spanned 2023-24.

More than 35 QRA officers travelled across 21 local government areas over three weeks in June, with support from Queensland Community Recovery, tracking the progress of property repairs and checking on the wellbeing of affected residents.

June 2025 QRA Reconstruction Monitoring operation in numbers:

First follow-up damage assessments for the North and Far North Tropical Low and Tropical Cyclone Alfred (2025).

• Almost 750 of the identified damaged properties (approximately 40 per cent) are now repaired.
• Repair works have started on a further 258 properties.
• Of the 1,121 properties assessed as still damaged, 600 have minor damage, 342 have moderate damage, and 177 are severely damaged.
• Two properties have been destroyed.

Final damage assessments for Tropical Cyclones Jasper and Kirrily, and the south-east Queensland Christmas storms (2023-24).

• Approximately 2,180 of the properties identified as damaged from the 2023-24 disaster season are now repaired – more than 69 per cent.
• Repair works have started on 207 of the properties still damaged.
• Of the 943 properties assessed as still damaged, 481 have minor damage, 286 have moderate damage, and 168 are severely damaged.
• Eight properties have been destroyed.

Conversations had during Reconstruction Monitoring allow QRA to capture a wide range of valuable information that can be used to improve recovery efforts.

The valuable insights collected help the QRA and other stakeholders, including councils and industry bodies, better understand recovery trends and address outstanding challenges.

QRA is currently planning Reconstruction Monitoring activities for outback properties impacted by this year’s western Queensland flood event, based on initial property damage information collected by the Queensland Fire Department.

More information about QRA Reconstruction Monitoring is available on the QRA website.