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QMDC can provide you with a printed pack of any or all of these factsheets from various agencies and organisations. Please contact us on 07 4637 6200 or email info@qmdc.org.au. (Please note, the general post pack does not contain all of these information sheets, please specify if you have a particular requirement.)

Please be aware this list was compiled in 2011. Please email regcomms@qmdc.org.au if you have more up-to-date links.

Click here for a pdf of useful links

Rural property restoration information sheets

Pasture establishment (QMDC) (pdf)
Cleaning out or repairing a watercourse (DERM) (pdf)
Contour bank specifications (DERM)
Erosion control in cropping land (DERM)
Erosion control in grazing land (DERM)
Gully erosion (DERM)
Maintaining contour banks (DERM)
Maintaining instream life (LWA) (pdf)
Managing for variability in grazing lands (DERM)
Managing riparian land (LWA) (pdf)
Managing riparian widths (LWA) (1mb pdf)
Managing stock (LWA) (pdf)
Online pasture selection tool (Tropical Grasslands Society)
Planning for river restoration (LWA) (pdf)
Repair or replacement of floodplain dams, ring tanks, channels and levels (DERM) (pdf)
Repairs to groundwater bores and spears (DERM) (pdf)
Repairs to in-stream dams, weirs and gravity diversions (DERM) (pdf)
Replacing pumping equipment lost or damaged by flood (DERM) (pdf)
Restoring a watercourse in and around infrastructure approved under the Water Act (DERM) (pdf)
Run-off control measures for erosion in cropping land (DERM)
Streambank stability (LWA) (pdf)

Australian Government - Disaster Assistance

Community recovery (link to page including information, claim forms, etc)
Centrelink help in emergencies
Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment - (as at February 6, 2012 this covered the Balonne, Barcaldine, Blackall-Tambo, Maranoa, Murweh and Paroo local government areas)

Checklists and general information

(most links in this section are to pdf files)

Checklist for re-opening your business after a disaster (CPA)
Flood financial assistance list (DEEDI)
Flood financial assistance information flyer (DEEDI)
Flood recovery action planner (DEEDI)

Insurance Council of Australia

Flood insurance in Australia (pdf)

Legal Aid

Lifeline

Flood crisis referral details (pdf)
Natural disaster self-help information (includes links to factsheets on coping with loss and change for communities and children)

QRAA

QRAA administers Natural Disaster Assistance (Loan and/or loan grant package) and Special Disaster Assistance (Grants) and Exceptional Disaster Assistance (loan/grant packages) for primary producers, businesses and non-profit organisations. For further information on the assistance available, including eligibility criteria, please visit www.qraa.qld.gov.au.
As of February 7, 2012, primary producers, small businesses and not-for-profit organisations in the local government areas (LGAs) of Balonne, Barcaldine, Blackall-Tambo, Maranoa, Murweh and Paroo will be eligible for the grants of up to $25,000. The grants and other emergency assistance will be jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland governments under the Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA). Use the links above for detail's of QRAA's eligibility criteria and required forms.
On 6 February 2012, the Queensland Government activated the Commonwealth/State Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) approving concessional loans to primary producers, small businesses and non-proft organisations affected by the Western Queensland Tropical Low January 27-February 2012 for the council areas of: Balonne, Barcaldine, Blackall-Tambo, Maranoa, Murweh and Paroo.Use the links above for detail's of QRAA's eligibility criteria and required forms.