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\"David<\/a>
Minister for Local Government David Crisafulli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

March 13, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

The State Government has matched the Federal Government’s $40 million “betterment” fund dollar-for-dollar, meaning $80 million will be available for local councils.<\/p>\n

But they only have until April 16 to apply.<\/p>\n

Local Government, Community Recovery and Resilience Minister David Crisafulli said the fund would change the way councils recovered from natural disasters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the start of building stronger, more resilient infrastructure,\u201d Mr Crisafulli said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time to put an end to the madness of forcing councils to repeatedly replace the same infrastructure in the same place that will be knocked over again the next time it rains.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will never flood-proof a State like Queensland but we can rebuild in a better way that will make it easier for communities to bounce back after nature strikes.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of seeing things washed away time and time again, councils can start replacing flood-damaged infrastructure such as bridges, roads and culverts to an improved standard that will last for a generation or more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Crisafulli said the State would match the Federal Government\u2019s $40 million betterment commitment, to create the $80 million fund, but more was needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt falls well short of the $200 million fund we had asked for, so we\u2019ll continue to lobby the Federal Government for the shortfall,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, it may cost a little more to do it right the first time, but it will not only save money in the long term, it will also allow communities to get back on their feet a lot faster.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cQueensland needs another $60 million from the Federal Government, which we will match.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll also push hard to have the restriction to only fund local government projects lifted so key State-owned infrastructure can also be improved.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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