North Queensland Recovery and Resilience Grants
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Working with North Queensland communities to deliver locally-led disaster resilience projects
The North Queensland Recovery and Resilience Grants were announced in the 2020–21 budget as part of a $60 million package for five new grant programs to accompany the release of After the flood: A strategy for long-term recovery to support flood affected communities recovery from the 2019 North Queensland Monsoon Trough event.
Purpose
The North Queensland Recovery and Resilience Grants provided $20 million to support locally-led resilience initiatives across the 14 Local Government Areas most flood affected following the 2019 North Queensland Monsoon Trough event.
Grants under Stream One focused on strengthening community hubs and building facilities, ensuring water supply, enhancing tourism opportunities and creating jobs in the 14 most flood-affected councils.
Stream Two focused on land management and was informed through consultation with the two Implementation Working Groups established to help inform the region’s recovery from the 2019 North Queensland Monsoon Trough event.
Key dates
Stream 1 (Local Councils) opened on 20 December 2020 and closed on 31 March 2021.
Round 1, Stream 2 (Land Management) opened on 5 August 2021 and closed on 28 October 2021.
Round 2, Stream 2 (Land Management) opened on 14 February 2022 and closed on 29 April 2022.
How to apply
Applications have closed for these grants.
Successful applicants
- Round 1, Stream 1 (Local councils)
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Eligible Local Government Area Project name Funding approved Project summary Burdekin Shire Council
Home Hill Water Supply Resilience
$303,050
Installation of a bypass pipeline at Home Hill Water Tower
Ayr SES Headquarters
$60,000
Upgrade/refurbishment of Ayr SES Headquarters
Local Disaster Co-Ordination Centre – Cyclone Shutters
$12,500
Installation of cyclone shutters in Local Disaster Co-ordination Centre
Sweet Days Hot Nights Festival
$30,000
Multi-year funding for Sweet Days Hot Nights Festival
Giru Helipad
$50,000
Relocation of Giru helipad to near SES building
Community Capacity Building Program
$300,000
Engagement of a Community Engagement Officer to develop and deliver targeted community resilience and organisation capacity building training to support Burdekin’s not for profit community, cultural and sporting organisations.
Burke Shire Council
Water Operator training and mentoring
$90,000
Engage the services of an external resource to train, upskill and mentor Burke Shire's water operators.
Water Source Inflow upgrade - Gregory & Burketown
$230,000
Upgrade of raw water intakes from both the Gregory (Gregory Water Treatment Plant) and Nicholson (Burketown Water treatment Plant) Rivers.
SCADA upgrade (WTP & STP)
$238,000
Upgrade of SCADA for the Gregory and Burketown Water Treatment Plants as well as the Burketown Sewage Treatment Plant.
Gregory WTP Upgrade
$205,000
Rework of the Gregory WTP chemical dosing systems and treatment.
Disaster and Recovery Generators
$30,000
New generators for backup communications in Burketown and generator at airport fuel dispense.
Flood Cameras Upgrade
$64,000
Replacement and upgrade of six (6) old redundant cameras.
Carpentaria Shire Council
Karumba Airport Weather Station
$87,000
Install an automatic weather station at Karumba Airport to provide information to Council and other organisations for disaster preparedness.
Karumba Chlorine Generator
$180,000
The installation of an on-site chlorine generator for Karumba reservoirs to store the vastly safer salt alternative on site in large quantities and to reduce transport costs of hazardous chemicals.
Normanton Water Treatment Plant Pipework Upgrades
$150,000
Re-route the pipe system and pump treated water into the Normanton Water Tower and provide gravity feed to the network rather than pumped supply.
Normanton Water Treatment Plant Storage Upgrades
$40,000
Development of scoping study for reusing and/or increasing the existing capacity of the decommissioned water storage reservoirs located at the Normanton Water Treatment Plant.
Investigation into New Karumba Sewage System
$80,000
Scope/master plan for Karumba sewage system, including recommendation of treatment options.
Glenore Weir Intake, Pipework and Valve Set Upgrades
$320,000
Emergency intake for Glenore Weir during flooding and upgrades to pipework and valve sets.
Charters Towers Regional Council
Establishment of Local Disaster Coordination Centre
$857,000
Construction and fit-out of a Local Disaster Coordination Centre development on the north side of Council's Administration Centre.
Cloncurry Shire Council
Dajarra Water Treatment Plant Resiliency Project
$617,000
Long-term security, access and quality of water supply to the community of Dajarra.
Curry Kids Childcare expansion project
$240,000
Ensure ongoing community sustainability via population retention and growth through addressing long-term waiting lists at the Cloncurry Early Learning Centre (Curry Kids).
Douglas Shire Council
Appointment of a Disaster Management Resilience Officer
$252,500
Appointment 30 month fixed-term contract position for a Disaster Management Resilience Officer.
Implementing a Disaster Resilient Strategy
$140,000
Facilitation of the Community Based Risk Assessment workshops across Douglas Shire, including in particular remote communities impacted by the Monsoon Trough e.g. Daintree Village, Degarra and Bloomfield.
Strengthen capacity of Douglas LDMG's Incident Management Team
$40,000
Developing the skills of the Incident Management Team, formulating a user-friendly flipchart for each IMT role and developing awareness raising videos around the purpose of the Port Douglas Storm Tide Cyclone Shelter.
Interpreting the Douglas Storm Tide Inundation hydrodynamic model (2020-2021) to the Douglas Shire Storm Tide Zones
$38,000
Refined mapping for each of the communities within the existing suite of storm tide evacuation zone maps. A risk assessment will be completed by using the recent Storm Tide modelling combined with GIS analysis to identify exposure and vulnerability within each of the coastal communities.
Integrating an intelligent flood mapping forecast system into Guardian IMS and the Douglas Dashboard
$120,000
Launching a Guardian IMS Bridge module to ensure flood intelligence is seamlessly integrated into a single point of truth (Guardian IMS) and the community (Douglas Dashboard)
Flood Studies - Mowbray River and Mossman River
$98,000
Hydrological and hydraulic analysis including data collection, review, consultation, hydrologic analysis, hydraulic analysis, determining impacts of flooding on the community, post processing and mapping.
Improving emergency communications
$26,000
Emergency communications hardware required to strengthen the system including an antenna and satellite phone.
Potable water supply security and resilience strengthening program
$80,000
Implement a range of measures to enhance water security and resilience
Enhancing Visibility of Disaster Management**
$62,500 Providing training, development of a disaster dashboard app and investing in Douglas Shire’s Flood Early Warning System. Etheridge Shire Council
Solar Energy - Council Buildings
$77,000
Installation of solar energy
North Head Road Upgrade
$280,000
Installation of drainage structures and bitumen seal
Georgetown - Street Scaping
$500,000
Beautification of St George Street (includes paving, extra parking and landscaping)
Flinders Shire Council
Discovery Centre Stage 3 Upgrade – Internal fittings and Coffee shop
$507,000
The Hughenden Visitor Information Centre and Museum Expansion and Upgrade project focuses on the revitalization of the visitor information service and museum known as the Flinders Discovery Centre.
Community Gym
$350,000
Upgrade of the Hughenden Community Gym.
Hinchinbrook Shire Council
Sand Loading Machine
$70,000.00
Custom built device attachable to a loader/bobcat to assist with filling sand bags in preparation for events.
Signage and Signage Trailer for Lower Herbert
$36,067.45
Dedicated trailer with road closure and other required signage to be deployed to Lower Herbert during flood events.
Four Disaster Message Boards for Problematic Roads
$126,067.45
Installation of static flip road closure signage on Bosworths Road, Wallaman Falls Road and Hawkins Creek Road in addition to signage at Victoria Estate indicating closure of the Halifax Washaway.
Two Variable Message Boards
$56,067.45
Purchase of two variable message boards for deployment during disaster and emergency events to assist with road closure and other necessary communication.
Employment of Community Resilience Officer
$131,067.45
Working directly with Council and the community, the Community Resilience Officer will plan, promote and activate opportunities that support and build resilience across the Hinchinbrook Shire for a 12 month period.
Salary and on costs $85,000 Operations (Catering and materials for workshops, education material etc.) $46,067.45
Kirks Bridge, Liborio's Road
$437,730.20
Replacing the existing Timber Bridge with a modern concrete pile bridge, as well as increasing the height of the bridge and both approaches to improve flood resilience.
McKinlay Shire Council
Kynuna township Water Supply
$450,000
Drilling of new bore and associated headworks at Kynuna township. This will be the main water supply for the community
AC Main Julia Creek
$100,000
Replacement of approx. 250m of old AC water mains with 150mm PVC mains
Richmond Shire Council
Airport refuelling station
$247,000
Installation of a 55,000L Avgas fuel tank at the Richmond Airport.
Water treatment plant filtration system
$445,000
Improving the filtration of the water supply to Richmond.
Rodeo arena lighting upgrade
$165,000
Upgrade the existing lighting to the rodeo area for more community events to be held at the grounds.
Townsville City Council
Project One Floodplain Engineer assistance
$200,000
Engage a suitably qualified and experienced senior floodplain engineer (Registered Professional Engineer Queensland (RPEQ qualified) is required to direct/project manage and deliver the Floodplain Resilience Program.
Project Two Townsville Landslide Hazard Study
$110,000
Review and update of the Landslide Hazard Study
Project Three Townsville Floodplain Resilience Program
$200,000
Ross River Dam flood operations review, flood risk based land use planning and Flood Emergency Management Plan
Project Four Total Flood Forecasting System
$50,000
Flood monitoring, prediction & warning system which: maintains relevance; is reliable & well integrated with other systems; is more automated and; is cost-effective.
Building Tourism via unique destination offerings - Ross River Dam Recreation.
$200,000
Council is working to facilitate economic recovery in the region via the development of unique destination offerings and experiences.
Whitsunday Regional Council
Cannon Valley Reservoir (CVR) including network reconfiguration for optimisation and resilience
$857,000
The CVR will be a regional reservoir providing network resilience to Airlie Beach, Jubilee Pocket Cannonvale, Cannon Valley, Mt Julian and Proserpine, leveraging the long high pressure main, high elevation reservoir to transform the water network resilience using further integration and pressure reducing valves.
Winton Shire Council
Community Disaster Relief Officer
$227,722.17
Engagement of CDR Officer, community engagement and outreach program, mental health training. 12 month program
Rural Signage
$103,627.57
Property location signage (supply and install property address signs at property accesses throughout the Shire.)
Airport Genset
$56,995.16
Backup genset for PAL system and Comms
Road/Creek Signage
$62,176.54
Location signage for roads/creeks, enhanced location service. These road/creek signs are landmark type signs that allow tourists to easily identify where they are (‘just past Craigs Bowzer’) to help with emergency services and local location.
Town Western Entrance Billboards
$62,176.54
Business advertising and resilience
Youth Centre / Disaster Recovery Component
$280,052.92
Augment Youth Centre with additional facilities for Disaster Recovery, control, coordination and evacuation centre
Local Disaster Coordination Centre $64,249 Augment Council operations with additional facilities during Disaster Recovery coordination. * This table was last updated on 30 November 2021.
** Endorsed out of session by the Steering Committee established under the National Partnership Agreement of Grants Assistance to Primary Producers Impacted by the North Queensland Floods.
- Round 1, Stream 2 (Land management)
- Eligible LGA
Project name Funding approved Project summary Winton Shire Council Bernfels Pastoral Company Pty Ltd ATF The Oakhill Rural Trust $62,500.00 Flood mitigation and convert dams to biodiversity and structure paddocks. Winton Shire Council Forster A.W E.J $61,480.00 Controlling invasive woody weeds Charters Towers Regional Council Charters Towers Regional Council $60,000.00 Land regeneration including control of invasive weeds Charters Towers Regional Council Hollingsworth RW LA $159,500.00 Ulcanbah West Soil Regeneration Project Hinchinbrook Shire Council Herbert River Improvement Trust $22,860.00 Remote Operation of Herbert River Floodgates Etheridge Shire Council Northern Gulf Resource Management Group Ltd $200,000.00 Showcasing resilient grazing landscapes with better biodiversity McKinlay Shire Council Avery Agriculture $25,000.00 Cell Division for Land Management - Carodon Station - Round 2, Stream 2 (Land management)
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Client Name
Local Government Area
Project Summary
Grant Amount
Batt HR TA
Richmond Shire Council
Experiential site to eliminate established seed bearing Prickly Acacia woodlands
$200,000
Bethel AJ CM
Flinders Shire Council
Upgrading road access and drilling water bore
$69,217
Jonsson GN KA
Charters Towers Regional Council
Construction of a dam to introduce a reliable water source
$200,000
Knudsen DF KJ
Flinders Shire Council
Construction of a water system for livestock, implementation of a weed management and eradication strategy
$200,000
Mt Alma Farms Pty Ltd ATF The Spotswood Family Trust
Burdekin Shire Council
A Water Quality Improvement Project to address water conservation and water quality resources
$112,741
NO 27 Pastoral Co Pty Ltd ATF Propsting Family Trust
McKinlay Shire Council
Building resilience and promoting recovery
$200,000
Oakvale Station Pty Ltd
Carpentaria Shire Council
Broadwater rotation grazing fencing
$108,000
Redland Park Pty Ltd ATF The James Vincent Brodie Family Trust
McKinlay Shire Council
Fencing of paddocks to better prepare for a flood and improve grasses and soils by rotational grazing.
$200,000
Stanbroke Pty Ltd
Carpentaria Shire Council
Fencing to improve the biodiversity and ecosystem of this land.
$94,250
T & J Terry Cattle Company Pty Ltd ATF T & J Terry Family Discretionary Trust
Winton Shire Council
Fencing and construction, clearing and ATV purchasers for the ongoing weed control.
$200,000
The Nobbies Grazing Company Pty Ltd ATF The Nobbies Trusts
Cloncurry Shire Council
Adopt and implement best land management.
$40,000
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