Industry Recovery and Resilience
Primary producers can receive free support to help prepare for the next natural disaster
Primary producers can receive free support to help prepare for the next natural disaster
About Industry Recovery and Resilience
We offer primary producers free dedicated support to help prepare for the next natural disaster. Primary producers need to be located in the following Southern Queensland areas:
- Maranoa
- South Burnett
- Southern Downs
- Toowoomba
- Western Downs.
Primary producers are faced with more frequent and more severe natural disasters, alongside the usual uncertainties of running a farm business. Natural disasters can substantially disrupt your farm operations and incur significant infrastructure repair costs, much of which are unable to be covered via insurance.
Whilst some natural disasters are so significant and more severe than ever previously encountered, we encourage all primary producers to plan for floods, bushfire, hail and severe weather events to occur not if, but when.
Industry Recovery and Resilience Officers provide dedicated support to assist you to develop disaster preparedness and business resilience plans for your farm business.
Our experienced team have grassroots experience across farming, business management and disaster response and can assist you to:
- assess the disaster risks facing your farm
- identify what actions you can take to mitigate those risks.
By assessing your risk and planning the activities you can take to mitigate the impact, your farm business is more sustainable, resilient and financially protected.
Our service works alongside both the Rural Financial Counselling Service and Farm Business Resilience Planning Service.
How we can help
Industry Recovery and Resilience Officers can come to your farm and work with you to identify risks and strategies to mitigate disaster impacts.
| What does this look like? | How does this assist you? |
|---|---|
| Completing a farm business self-assessment checklist | This assists you to identify risks and consider their impact on your farm business. Before developing plans or expending money on mitigation strategies, it is important to assess your current situation. |
| Developing a disaster preparedness plan | Your disaster preparedness plan will help you assess the risks present in your business and analyse the impact that this can have on your business operations. Your plan will allow you to consider where the risks lie in your business and to prioritise actions and costs. |
| Update your farm business resilience plan | If you already have a farm business resilience plan, our team can review this plan with you from a disaster risk perspective and improve your overall farm business planning. |
| Improve your overall business management | With an improved understanding of your business risk, you can make better and more informed management decisions. A documented plan also assists you to communicate with key stakeholders such as your financier and insurance companies. |
| Providing individual on-property support | Our Industry Recovery and Resilience Officers provide ongoing support to you to develop your plan to adapt to the challenges facing your business. |
Our Industry Recovery and Resilience Team
Get in touch with one of our Industry Recovery and Resilience Officers to access our free dedicated support so you can prepare for the next natural disaster.
Sarah Due
Wide Bay Burnett / Darling Downs / South West Queensland
Supporting South Burnett, Southern Downs, Toowoomba, Western Downs and Maranoa
Mt Stanley Office
0487 860 217
sarah.due@rsq.org.au
Andrew O’Dea
Wide Bay Burnett / Darling Downs / South West Queensland
Supporting South Burnett, Southern Downs, Toowoomba, Western Downs and Maranoa
Southern Downs Office
0419 710 202
andrew.o’dea@rsq.org.au
Have a general enquiry?
Get in touch if you have an enquiry about our Industry Recovery and Resilience Service.
Industry Recovery and Resilience
The Industry Recovery and Resilience Officer program, recovery loans and grants are jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA)
Rural Financial Counselling Service (RFCS) Southern Queensland
The RFCS Southern Queensland offers free, impartial and confidential financial counselling to primary producers in Southern Queensland.
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