Queensland budget invests in disaster-resilience infrastructure

Queensland budget invests in disaster-resilience infrastructure

Queensland’s budget provides a major boost to the state’s betterment fund – a move welcomed by the local government peak body as a much-needed initiative to support councils in building more resilient communities.  Local Government Association of Queensland president Matt Burnett said betterment funding – which allows infrastructure to be rebuilt to a more resilient standard than before a disaster – is proven to work, achieving substantial cost …