From 2019-2023, the Emergency Response Fund funded several programs. These helped Australia deal with major natural hazards.
See below for the successful applicants in each program.
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Emergency Response Fund - projects
Queensland and New South Wales flood recovery and resilience package
Read about the package.
Projects approved for funding
| Project name | Short description | Australian Government funding | Year funded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flood impacts and risk management report | Produce a report outlining flood impacts, priority flood risk management and community awareness. | $1,000,000 | 2021-22 |
| Flood mitigation infrastructure and voluntary house raising | Grants to councils and agencies for flood mitigation infrastructure. | $40,000,000 | 2021-22 |
| Flood warning infrastructure and systems, and associated community awareness | Support councils and agencies managing flood warning gauges and systems. | $15,000,000 | 2021-22 |
| Levee assessment and improvement program | Continue flood impact assessments of flood mitigation infrastructure. | $14,000,000 | 2021-22 |
| Valley level flood risk management assessments | Provide improved information for flood risk management and emergency management. | $5,000,000 | 2021-22 |
| Project name | Short description | Approved funding | Year funded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bundaberg East Levee | Construction of a levee, with two main segments, covering approx. 1.7kms. | $57,350,000 | 2021-22 |
| Easey Street Drain (Southern Downs Regional Council) | New drains to protect 24 properties affected by flooding. |
$1,141,104 |
2021-22 |
| Flood Warning Infrastructure Network |
Continue roll-out of new and upgraded infrastructure to improve flood warning services. | $7,000,000 | 2021-22 |
| Perth Street (Lake Annand) Culverts (Toowoomba Regional Council) |
Replace old culvert with a reinforced concrete box culvert structure and related infrastructure. | $3,351,322 | 2021-22 |
| Price Creek Bridge (Scenic Rim Regional Council) |
Replace low-level floodway with concrete bridge for flood resilience. | $3,133,055 | 2021-22 |
| Scoping study and report |
Identify unmet recovery needs and where appropriate fund eligible recovery activities. | $1,000,000 | 2021-22 |
| Southside Transport Flood Detour Route Upgrade (Gympie Regional Council) |
Widen roads to provide a flood route between Gympie city and Southside area. | $986,047 |
2021-22 |
2021-22
Coastal and Estuarine Risk Mitigation Program 22-23
Read about the program.
Successful applicants
| Project title | Recipient | Short description | Australian Government funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockton Beach Nourishment | New South Wales Public Works | Mitigates extensive coastal erosion threats. | $4,725,700 |
| Project title |
Recipient | Short description | Australian Government funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton Beach Coastal Protection Works | Department of Environment, Science and Innovation | Stabilisation of 890m of coastline to improve resilience to storm erosion. | $1,037,000 |
| Crab Creek Erosion Remediation, Tin Can Bay | Department of Environment, Science and Innovation | Revetment to halt erosion and reduce risk to assets. | $146,250 |
| Golden Beach Coastal Hazard Mitigation and Drainage Options Analysis | Department of Environment, Science and Innovation | Combats risks around the region’s changed tidal dynamics. | $419,800 |
| Investigation into the sand resource at Dayman Spit to enable protection of community assets with beach nourishment | Department of Environment, Science and Innovation | Support large-scale beach nourishment for erosion protection. | $243,000 |
| Lucinda Groyne Field Replacement Review and Design | Department of Environment, Science and Innovation | Replaces sand trapping groynes installed to control sea erosion. | $93,375 |
| Reassessment of Tidal Planes at First Nation and Other Remote Communities to Improve Coastal Hazard Risk Assessment | Department of Environment, Science and Innovation | Improves the accuracy of tidal levels for 10 remote locations. | $197,423 |
| Seawall construction at Urangan to protect public infrastructure from coastal erosion | Department of Environment, Science and Innovation | Protects against ongoing sea erosion. | $2,430,000 |
| State-wide Nearshore Bathymetry Survey for Improved Coastal Hazard Assessment | Department of Environment, Science and Innovation | Improves state and council ability to risk assess coastal hazards. | $3,200,000 |
| Sunshine Coast & Noosa Regional Coastal Process Model for Improved Coastal Hazards Management | Department of Environment, Science and Innovation | Understand coastal hazard impacts on beaches and improve resilience. | $315,750 |
| Tsunami Risk Assessment for the Gladstone Regional Area | Department of Environment, Science and Innovation | Tsunami inundation modelling for the Gladstone Region. | $300,000 |
| Project title | Recipient | Short description | Australian Government funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Adaptation for South Australia – CA4SA Project: Bringing science and people together to mitigate coastal risks | Local Government Association of South Australia | Development and use of adaptation strategies for disaster risk and vulnerability assessment. | $3,707,000 |
| Data Collection and Modelling Study: Horseshoe Bay, Port Elliot, South Australia | Alexandrina Council | Supports council in best practice data collection and modelling. | $112,500 |
| Encounter Bay Coastal Protection Sea Wall | City of Victor Harbor | Creates a resilient foreshore for local community and visitors. | $518,000 |
| Lower Eyre Peninsula Coastal Adaptation and Emergency Management Strategy | District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula | Identifies coastal inundation hazards, mitigation and management measures. | $60,000 |
| The Barunga West Council Coastal Protection Project | Barunga West Council | Coastal protection measures. | $359,000 |
| Wyomi Stage 2 Seawall Construction | Kingston District Council | Construction of a 345m Stage 2 rock seawall to the north and south of the existing Stage 1 seawall. | $1,953,750 |
| Project title | Recipient | Short description | Australian Government funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Hazard Risk Reduction in Southern Beaches Region | Sorell Council | Promotes disaster risk reduction in communities by safeguarding erosion-prone dunes. | $1,868,508 |
| Scamander River Coastal Hazards Risk Mitigation and Pathways Planning | Break O'Day Council | Addresses increasing risks to public and private assets from coastal erosion and inundation. | $165,000 |
| Project title | Recipient | Short description | Australian Government funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape to Cape Resilience Project on-ground works | Department of Environment Land Water and Planning | Reduces disaster risk to critical infrastructure and services. | $3,300,000 |
| Contaminated Soil and Coastal Hazard Disaster Risk | Department of Environment Land Water and Planning | Documents coastal hazard risk management and adaptation principles for coastal land fill sites. | $750,000 |
| Mainstreaming Nature-Based Adaptation in Victoria | Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning | Delivers on-ground nature-based treatments to reduce erosion and inundation risk. | $1,500,000 |
| Port Phillip Bay North-Western | Department of Environment Land Water and Planning | Provide state-led support to develop a regional Coastal Hazard Adaptation and Resilience Plan. | $950,000 |
| South Gippsland Shire Coastal Levee Review and Infrastructure Planning | Department of Environment Land Water and Planning | Incorporates a coastal levees assessment with disaster risk mitigation and adaptation planning. | $150,000 |
| Victorian Coastal Monitoring Program Early Warning Pilot System and Sentinel Sites | Department of Environment Land Water and Planning | Develops early warning system capabilities. | $826,985 |
| Victorian Estuary Resilience and Hazard Risk Reduction | Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning | Mitigates coastal hazard risk for a diversity of estuary values. | $1,500,000 |
| Project title | Recipient | Short description | Australian Government funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| C Y O'Connor Engineered Fringing Reef Stage 2 | City of Cockburn | Supports the extension of the wave-attenuating Engineered Fringing Reef to reduce erosion risk. | $600,000 |
| City of Joondalup Coastal Risk Adaptation Program | City of Joondalup | This project will include the upgrading of the City of Joondalup’s coastal assets. | $943,697 |
| Coast Capture WA | Department of Fire and Emergency Services, Department of Transport, and Landgate | Supports updated coastal landform and seabed capture to build coastal digital elevation models. | $7,865,500 |
| Esperance Bay - Sand Back - Passing Infrastructure | Shire of Esperance | Installs a permanent pipeline infrastructure and install two electric slurry booster pumps. | $2,062,196 |
| Mindarie Breakwater Upgrade | City of Wanneroo | Deliver breakwater upgrades to reduce safety risks and ensure continued functionality. | $3,383,000 |
| Upgraded revetment for Denham Foreshore and Town Centre | Shire of Shark Bay | Upgrades the existing foreshore revetment for increased protection from coastal hazards, including inundation. | $1,609,986.75 |
| Vincent Street Seawall Refurbishment | City of Busselton | Refurbishes the existing 400m seawall structure for coastal protection. | $1,636,078.75 |
| West Busselton Coastal Stabilisation | City of Busselton | Provides longer-term coastal protection to mitigate coastal hazards. | $1,070,500.00 |
$1,070,500
National Flood Mitigation Infrastructure Program
Read about the program.
Projects approved for funding
| Project name | Short description | Australian Government funding | Year funded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goliath Court Flood Mitigation | Two raised vehicle crossings, upgrading storm water pipes, constructing additional inlets. | $1,220,000 | 2020-21 |
| Mawson Stormwater Improvements | New retarding structure, stormwater pipes and channel upgrade to reduce flood events. | $2,120,000 | 2020-21 |
| Narrabundah Playing Fields Retardation Basin | Construction of a retardation basin and associated works. | $4,837,469 | 2021-22 |
| Throsby Crescent Retardation Basin | Construction of a retardation basin and associated works. | $890,000 | 2021-22 |
| Project name | Short description | Australian Government funding | Year funded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Street Levee Rehabitation | Targeted rock protection to the toe of the riverbank between Alice Street and Queen Street. | $802,000 | 2021-22 |
| Bellambi Gully Channel Improvement | Improving the existing channel alignment, culvert reconfiguration and piping some flood flow directly to the lagoon. | $2,150,000 | 2020-21 |
| Cessnock Levee (Bund Wall) | Construction of a bund wall (levee) on the east of South Cessnock. | $2,440,000 | 2020-21 |
| Fairfield Golf Course Detention Basin Upgrade | Upgrades the existing detention basin to increase the basin capacity. | $1,920,000 | 2020-21 |
| Hanwood Stormwater Pump and Levee | Construction of a levee and raising Kidman Way to prevent water from flowing back from drains. | $1,240,000 | 2020-21 |
| Holbrook Levee | Levee construction to divert floodwater and eliminate future flood damage. | $4,580,000 | 2020-21 |
| Retford Farm Detention Basin | Construction of a detention basin in the Mittagong Rivulet Catchment. | $4,612,500 | 2021-22 |
| Stockdale Detention Basin | Upgrade existing detention basin with additional flow containment standard and spillway capacity. | $2,325,000 | 2021-22 |
| Warren Levee Flood Mitigation Rehabilitation Work | Remediation of part of the existing levee bank. | $5,325,000 | 2021-22 |
| Yoogali McCormack Levee Upgrades | Levee construction to protect the Yoogali community. | $1,040,000 | 2020-21 |
| Young Trunk Drainage Upgrade | Demolition of a section of existing culvert, construction of a concrete channel, twin 1500mm culverts and connection to existing minor drainage networks. | $6,150,000 | 2021-22 |
| Project name | Project description | Australian Government funding | Year funded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katherine Flood Mitigation Levee South | Construction of a new flood mitigation levee. | $9,400,000 | 2020-21 |
| Kulaluk Flood Mitigation Infrastructure | Formalising drainage, filling land and erecting a sea wall. | $10,000,000 | 2021-22 |
| Project name | Short description | Australian Government funding | Year funded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Creek Causeway, Normanton to Burketown | Remove existing floodway and install a new concrete base slab and box culverts to improve flood resilience. | $793,339 | 2020-21 |
| Ballin Drive Detention Basin | Replace two existing chutes structures within the East Creek corridor of Gowrie Creek through Balling Park. | $594,000 | 2021-22 |
| Charleville Levee Remediation Works | Mitigate and improve levee structure including structural defects and erosion protection systems. | $300,000 | 2021-22 |
| Dutton Street Bridge (Palm Creek Crossing), Ingham | Construction of a bridge to link the north and south of the town in flood events of up to a 1 in 50 year flood event. | $5,753,667 | 2020-21 |
| Floraville and Truganini Roads Upgrades, Burketown to Normanton | Replacing and upgrading drainage assets to prevent further closure of the road and the imposition of load restrictions due to structural instability. | $3,353,494 | 2020-21 |
| Project name | Short description | Australian Government funding | Year funded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Bold Dam Safety Upgrade Additional Flood Attenuation | Additional Flood Attenuation system to safely pass the Probable Maximum Flood over spillways without causing the dam to fail. | $9,525,000 | 2021-22 |
| Prospect Drainage Scheme Upgrade – Stage 1 | Provide a new, high capacity drainage system by upgrade/replacement of sections of the Prospect Outfall Drain. | $1,520,000 | 2020-21 |
| Seventh Avenue Flood Mitigation | Construction of new stormwater management infrastructure to capture and detain stormwater | $420,000 | 2021-22 |
| Two Wells Township Levee | Construct a flood protection levee around the eastern and southern boundaries of the Two Wells township. | $1,660,000 | 2020-21 |
| Project name | Short description | Australian Government funding | Year funded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingborough Council – Kingston Rivulet | Upgrades the historic Kingston Rivulet to maximise the amount of flood water capable of draining into existing stormwater systems. | $274,500 | 2020-21 |
| Latrobe Council – Latrobe Flood Levees | Constructing earth and concrete flood levees, water diversion structures and associated works. | $1,270,000 | 2020-21 |
| Sorell Council - Devenish Drive SW Upgrade | Replace piping, construct drainage and channels to mitigate future flood risks. | $787,031 | 2021-22 |
| Sorell Council - Seventh Avenue - Carlton Beach SW Upgrade | Minimise the flood risk through construction of new pit inlets, a new outfall and replacement of undersized piping. | $1,050,000 | 2021-22 |
| South Hobart Primary School | Protects the school from significant rainfall events, and mitigate a high risk of drowning on the site. | $648,000 | 2020-21 |
| Waratah – Wynyard Council – Port Creek Mitigation | Widening of Port Creek as well as levee banks to hold back floodwaters. | $1,000,000 | 2020-21 |
| Project name | Short description | Australian Government funding | Year funded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carisbrook Township Western Levee | Construct levees and associated drainage and culvert works to protect 25 properties from flooding. | $1,200,000 | 2020-21 |
| Castlemaine and Campbell’s Ck Levee | Construct a new levee and refurbish existing levees. | $2,217,000 | 2020-21 |
| Numurkah Flood Mitigation Project Northern Levee | Construct the first stage of the Numurkah flood mitigation strategy/ | $2,382,000 | 2021-22 |
| Wangaratta Urban Flood Mitigation Infrastructure | Refurbishing and upgrading levees to a one percent Annual Exceedance Probability flood level. | $3,500,000 | 2020-21 |
| Project name | Short description | Australian Government funding | Year funded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 Warmun Community Risk Mitigation | Making the community's flood warning system fit for purpose. | $700,000 | 2020-21 |
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