The Albanese and Crisafulli Governments will provide more than $206 million in long-term disaster funding to Far North Queensland communities hit hard by ex-Tropical Cyclone (TC) Jasper.
This is welcome news for the Douglas Shire on the one-year anniversary of last December’s natural disaster.
Mayor Lisa Scomazzon has thanked the Queensland and Federal Government’s for their support.
“This is an example of the three levels of government working together for the community,” she said.
The long-term recovery support package delivers resilient infrastructure as well as community and asset resilience upgrades through:
$130 million Betterment Package to rebuild infrastructure to a more resilient standard for communities impacted by ex-TC Jasper.
$61.2 million Water and Sewerage Infrastructure Package for specific LGAs impacted by ex-TC Jasper.
$13.9 million Wujal Wujal Targeted Assistance Package.
$1.5 million for legal assistance disaster-related package for ex-TC Jasper and SEQ storms.
$1.5 million for monitoring and evaluation of recovery initiatives for ex-TC Jasper and SEQ storms.
