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Extensive flood recovery works will take place across the Western Downs over the next 15 months to repair more than 1,800 kilometres of roads damaged by heavy rainfall events between November 2021 and May 2022.

Get Ready Queensland Week has launched for 2023, with Queenslanders young and old encouraged to start preparing their family and property for the threat of bushfires, floods, cyclones and storms.

Final preparations are underway ahead of repairs to a two-kilometre section of the Cunningham Highway at Cunninghams Gap, which was extensively damaged by the 2019 bushfires.

Communities across Queensland are exploring exciting new options to increase their awareness of floods, including a range of alternative flood warning infrastructure leveraging solar, radar and more.

Queensland’s flood-affected primary producers, small businesses and not-for-profit organisations will now have more time to apply for extraordinary disaster assistance in response to the monsoonal floods that inundated the north-west in early 2023.

Ten projects supporting the recovery of threatened species in communities impacted by the severe floods of 2022 are now underway thanks to the $38.9 million Environmental Recovery Program.

The determination and innovation of Queenslanders in the face of natural disasters was showcased at the Get Ready Queensland Resilient Australia Awards night for 2023.

Queensland communities now have access to a comprehensive assessment guide designed to ensure they are aware, prepared and resilient to flooding.

Ten of Queensland’s heritage-listed buildings damaged by the extraordinary rainfall and flooding events of 2021-2022 will be repaired and restored with the support of Heritage Disaster Recovery Grants from the Queensland and Australian Governments.

A total rebuild of Gympie Netball Association’s flood-ravaged facilities is expected to spark renewed interest in the sport locally and boost community spirit across the region.