Deadline: 20-Dec-23
The Queensland Government is currently accepting applications for the Queensland Resilience and Risk Reduction Fund to help communities mitigate and manage the risks associated with natural disasters.
The QRRRF is funded by the Commonwealth and Queensland governments as part of its five-year National Partnership Agreement on Disaster Risk Reduction, which started in 2019-20.
‘Resilience’ is a system or community’s ability to rapidly accommodate and recover from the impacts of hazards, restore essential structures and desired functionality, and adapt to new circumstances.
‘Disaster risk reduction’ is about taking preventative action to reduce the likelihood or severity of a disaster event. It is aimed at preventing new and reducing existing disaster risk and managing residual risk. It also includes measures to understand disaster risk and equip decision-makers with capabilities and information they need.
Objective
The QRRRF objective is to deliver projects that make Queensland communities and infrastructure more resilient to disasters by:
- reducing the risk and limiting the impact of disasters associated with natural hazards
- improving understanding of disaster risk and disaster risk planning.
Funding Information
- Funding of $13.1 million is available from the Queensland Government ($8.3 million) and the Australian Government ($4.8 million).
- While the total cost of a project is uncapped, the maximum funding amount that can be sought is limited to $2 million in eligible costs.
- All projects must commence following notification of funding approval and be complete by 30 June 2026. All project acquittal reports are due within three months of the completion of the project, including any peer/external reviews of scoping studies or research.
Eligible Projects
- Projects must deliver resilience and/or risk reduction outcomes for Queensland communities.
- Projects must clearly align to one of the following:
- Queensland Strategy for Disaster Resilience
- Regional resilience strategies and/or local resilience action plans
- Queensland Flood Risk Management Framework
- National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework
- Second National Action Plan
Ineligible Projects
- Projects that do not meet the program objectives are ineligible.
- Other examples of ineligible projects include projects that:
- have already commenced or are already complete
- involve works on an asset or land that will not be owned or controlled by the applicant (unless demonstrably for public benefit)
- involve the purchase of land or buildings (unless demonstrably for public benefit)
- are commercial in nature for the applicant or any partner applicant
- are not undertaken in the eligible areas of Queensland or that do not benefit Queensland communities.
Eligibility Criteria
- This funding is available to local governments, state agencies and non-government organisations, this includes:
- Local government bodies constituted under the Local Government Act 2009 or the City of Brisbane Act 2010, and the Weipa Town Authority
- Regional Organisations of Councils
- Regional Natural Resource Management bodies
- River Improvement Trusts (constituted under the River Improvement Trust Act 1940)
- Water authorities and local water boards
- Queensland Government departments and agencies and Government Owned Corporations
- Incorporated non-government organisations (including volunteer groups)
- Not-for-profit organisations, including universities
- Eligible applicants can submit a maximum of two applications for this funding round. Each application must contain one standalone project, or related projects that achieve a similar outcome. An application containing multiple unrelated projects will not be accepted.
For more information, visit Queensland Government.