- The Albanese and Miles Governments are jointly funding 43 riverine rehabilitation projects across areas impacted by the 2022 severe floods.
- Projects will stabilise banks to minimise erosion, establish aquatic habitat and supplement riparian zones with vegetation plantings for longer term resilience.
- These works will improve water quality and biodiversity and increase resilience of the local natural environment to better withstand future severe weather events.
- These projects will also support local jobs over the next three years in regions across Queensland.
Natural resource management groups and bulk water utilities across South East Queensland, Wide Bay and Central Queensland will share in more than $26 million to support crucial recovery works for waterways, gullies and riverbanks impacted by the severe 2022 floods.
Jointly funded by the Albanese and Miles Governments through the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA), the funding supports repairs to flood-damaged riverine, wetland and riparian environments as part of Stage 2 of the Riverine Recovery Program.
The funding will support locally-led projects to repair waterways that are home to some of Queensland's threatened and iconic protected aquatic species including the Mary River turtle, Mary River Cod and the Australian lungfish.
Works will be carried out at sites along many impacted waterways across the state including:
- Flinders River flowing to the Gulf of Carpentaria;
- Fitzroy River, West Hill Creek, Mary River and tributaries flowing to the southern Great Barrier Reef;
- North Pine River, Logan River, Lockyer Creek, Bremer River, Brisbane River and Kedron Brook flowing to Moreton Bay; and
- Gowrie Creek in the Murray Darling River system; and Nerang River and Tallebudgera Creek on the Gold Coast.
