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Livingstone Shire Council will receive $500,000 in Local Economic Recovery funding to improve the pathway connection from Cooee Bay Beach to Wreck Point and Lammermoor Beach as part of the Queensland Government’s ongoing bushfire recovery.
Last year’s Cobraball bushfire burnt across the Capricorn Coast, engulfing 12,100 hectares of land including 15 homes, 38 sheds, 8,500 hectares of grazing land and 275 hectares of horticultural production land.
Last week, it was announced more than $11 million had been approved for 12 projects to help with the economic and social recovery in Queensland communities heavily impacted by last year’s bushfires.
Gladstone Regional Council will also receive $185,000 in funding to procure a project officer to enhance community disaster resilience and preparedness and improve council’s current programs and resources.
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Subscriber only A FireTech laboratory and improved fire break are in the works for Noosa thanks to $2 million in grants from the State Government. More than $11 million has been approved for a range of Queensland projects that will help with the economic and social recovery in communities that were heavily impacted by last year s bushfires. Noosa Shire Council will share in the funding with $1,894,000 approved to establish a FireTech Laboratory in Noosa $110,000 to help in reducing vegetation and fuel load on a several rural roads. Firefighters on David Low Way, Peregian Beach in the 2019 bushfires. Photo Patrick Woods / Sunshine Coast Daily.
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$11 million investment to help Queensland communities recover from bushfires
Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning The Honourable Dr Steven Miles
More than $11 million has been approved for a range of projects that will help with the economic and social recovery in Queensland communities that were heavily impacted by last year’s bushfires.
Minister for Emergency Management David Littleproud said 12 projects had been approved in the second round of the $36.8 million Local Economic Recovery Program.
“The Local Economic Recovery (LER) Program is jointly funded by the Commonwealth and Queensland Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements and we are pleased to provide this extraordinary assistance,” Minister Littleproud said.