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Media articles

Priority betterment funding for flood-affected Victorian Councils

Joint media release with the Hon Jaclyn Symes MLC

Flood-impacted Victorian Councils will receive further assistance from the Albanese and Andrews Governments to repair and rebuild essential public assets to a more resilient standard, to make communities more prepared for future disasters.

Support continues to strengthen flood affected primary industries supply chain

Joint media release with the Hon Tara Moriarty MLC

Assistance for agricultural processing businesses to re-establish operations following the February and March 2022 floods continues, with Round 2 of the $22 million Supply Chain Support Program now open for applications.

Businesses in 62 Local Government Areas are eligible, with support available to help long-term recovery efforts.

The program is jointly funded by the Albanese and Minns Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).

Applications open for new $50 million program to boost telco resilience during disasters

Joint media release with the Hon Michelle Rowland

Applications are now open for projects that improve the resilience of telecommunications network during natural disasters, particularly in rural, regional, remote and First Nations communities.

The Albanese Government’s new $50 million Telecommunications Disaster Resilience Innovation (TDRI) program will accelerate the development and deployment of new and innovative solutions to address communications issues during natural disasters.

Supporting community recovery after Victorian Floods

Joint media release with Ingrid Stitt MP

The Albanese and Andrews Labor Governments are supporting Victorian communities to restore treasured recreation areas and facilities damaged by the floods in October and November 2022.

Under the Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements, the Federal and State Governments have provided more than $11.8 million to 125 voluntary committees of management.

Smarter planning tool puts housing in focus

Joint media release with the Hon Steve Kamper MP, the Hon Paul Scully MP and the Hon Rose Jackson MLC

NSW’s world-first land-use technology platform, Land iQ, has secured more than $11 million in State and Commonwealth funding to back in its current work to identify surplus and underutilised public land for housing and to also help extend it for use in other sectors.

Work ramps up on the new Fitzroy River Bridge

Joint media release with the Hon Catherine King, the Hon Stephen Dawson MLC and the Hon Rita Saffioti MLA

The first sections of deck for the New Fitzroy River Bridge are on track to be installed next month, marking an important milestone in the delivery of the project.

When completed, the new bridge will be around six times as strong, almost 100 metres longer than the old bridge and will include two lanes and a shared path for pedestrians and cyclists.

Disaster repairs delivered for Queensland's heritage list

Joint media release with the Hon Leanne Linard MP Ten of Queensland’s heritage-listed buildings will share in more than $300,000 in grant funding to help repair and restore properties damaged by the extraordinary rainfall and flooding events of the 2021-2022 severe weather season.