{"id":332948,"date":"2023-06-07T15:43:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T05:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=332948"},"modified":"2023-06-08T10:22:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T00:22:09","slug":"disaster-ready-funds-flow-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/06\/07\/disaster-ready-funds-flow-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Disaster Ready Funds Flow In"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_22438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22438\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/20120131cherbourg4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-22438\" title=\"20120131 Cherbourg Flood\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/20120131cherbourg4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/20120131cherbourg4.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/20120131cherbourg4-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/20120131cherbourg4-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/20120131cherbourg4-285x177.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FLASHBACK:\u00a0 Barambah Creek in flood at Cherbourg in 2012 (Photo: Sandra Morgan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>June 7, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two local projects will receive almost $580,000 for disaster preparedness under Round 1 of the Federal Government&#8217;s new Disaster Ready Fund.<\/p>\n<p>The two projects to be funded are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cherbourg <\/strong>&#8211; Cherbourg Disaster Early Warning System &#8211; $289,941 grant (total project cost)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>South Burnett<\/strong> &#8211; Building Resilience in the Agricultural South Burnett &#8211; $288,500 grant (total project cost $580,020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The two projects were among 50 across Queensland announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>With co-contributions from the State Government or other project partners, the combined investment across the State will be worth more than $150 million.<\/p>\n<p>State and Territory governments submitted applications for a range of projects to improve mitigation and resilience, in collaboration with local Councils and community groups.<\/p>\n<p>More than 300 applications were submitted.<\/p>\n<p>Successful projects were selected following a merit-based assessment process undertaken by the National Emergency Management Agency .<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>More information about Round 2 of the Disaster Ready Fund, can be found on NEMA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nema.gov.au\/disaster-ready-fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two local projects will receive almost $580,000 for disaster preparedness under Round 1 of the Disaster Ready Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":22438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[1135,1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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