Disaster payments of up to $1000 per person are available for flood-hit north-west Queensland as the scale of the recovery slowly becomes clear.
The full damage bill to homes, businesses and cattle stations is not yet known, and thousands of livestock are believed to have perished in the monsoonal event.Essential services including sewerage and electricity in Burketown are slowly being restored and damage assessments are under way to ensure it’s safe for evacuated residents to return once the water level drops.
This allowance covers up to 13 weeks’ income support for people who have lost income because of a major disaster. The funding announcement comes as Queensland Agriculture Minister Mark Furner toured the disaster-hit towns of Burketown and Doomadgee.“Queenslanders are no strangers to natural disasters, but it is always heartbreaking when homes and livelihoods are impacted,” he said in a statement.
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