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Burdekin and Haughton Flood Resilience Strategy A community-led catchment Burdekin and Haughton Flood Resilience Strategy June 2021 Document details Security classification Public The Burdekin and Haughton Flood Resilience Strategy Date of review of security classification June 2021 is a community-led approach and partnership between Authority Queensland Reconstruction Authority eight councils working towards a shared vision of flood resilience for our region. Document status Final Councils can assist you with up-to-date flood related Version 1.0 information including evacuation centre openings and QRA Reference QRATF/21/748 (GD/0623) locations, river heights, road conditions and closures, power and phone outages. Many councils provide an Copyright online dashboard for disaster management or emergency This publication is protected by the Copyright Act 1968. © The State of Queensland (Queensland Reconstruction Authority), June 2021. management, including information about local hazards, Licence key situational awareness information and other This work is licensed by State of Queensland (Queensland Reconstruction Authority) under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International licence. resilience initiatives. To view a copy of this licence, visit www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ For emergencies, dial Triple Zero (000) for Police, Fire In essence, you are free to copy, communicate and adapt this publication, as long as you attribute the work to the State of Queensland (Queensland Reconstruction Authority). and Ambulance. For help with a damaged roof, rising Interpreter flood water, trees fallen on buildings, or storm damage The Queensland Government is committed to providing accessible services to use the SES app or phone 132 500. For information about Queenslanders from all culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. If you have difficulty in understanding this report, you can access the Translating and Interpreting emergency services and safety visit Services via www.qld.gov.au/languages or by phoning 13 14 50. www.qld.gov.au/emergency. Disclaimer While every care has been taken in preparing this publication, the State of Queensland accepts no responsibility for decisions or actions taken as a result of any data, information, statement or advice, Council/website Disaster Dashboard expressed or implied, contained within. To the best of our knowledge, the content was correct at the time of publishing. Burdekin Shire Council Copies www.burdekin.qld.gov.au Copies of this publication are available on our website at: www.qra.qld.gov.au/burdekin-haughton disaster.burdekin.qld.gov.au Further copies are available upon request to: Queensland Reconstruction Authority Charters Towers Regional Council PO Box 15428 www.charterstowers.qld.gov.au www.getready.ctrc.qld.gov.au City East QLD 4002 Phone (07) 3008 7200 Whitsunday Regional Council [email protected] www.qra.qld.gov.au www.whitsundayrc.qld.gov.au disaster.whitsundayrc.qld.gov.au Isaac Regional Council www.isaac.qld.gov.au dashboard.isaac.qld.gov.au Barcaldine Regional Council www.barcaldinerc.qld.gov.au Townsville City Council www.townsville.qld.gov.au disaster.townsville.qld.gov.au Tablelands Regional Council www.trc.qld.gov.au dashboard.trc.qld.gov.au Mackay Regional Council www.mackay.qld.gov.au disaster.mackay.qld.gov.au Images: (cover) Echo Hole on the Upper Burdekin courtesy of F. Ramsay, (this page) Mount Inkerman Scenic Lookout, (right) Bowling Green Bay Ramsar wetland near Giru (courtesy of F. Ramsay). To support Queensland communities in their recovery following the North and Far North Queensland Monsoon Trough disaster event from 25 January to 14 February 2019, the $1 million Burdekin and Haughton Flood Resilience Strategy project was approved as part of the $242 million Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) Category C and D package jointly funded by the Australian Government and the Queensland Government. Acknowledgement of Country We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this Country. We recognise and honour their ancient cultures, and their connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to them, their cultures, and to their Elders, past, present and emerging. 3 4 Burdekin and Haughton Flood Resilience Strategy Foreword In recent years, the Burdekin and Haughton River catchments have experienced repeated and severe flooding events that have impacted on the livelihoods and properties of people who live and work in our region. The Burdekin River is Australia’s largest river when at its peak discharge volume, and we rely on this water as the lifeblood of our productive region. Our communities accept flooding occurs naturally in Queensland, and we appreciate that understanding how our environment works is intrinsically linked to our ability to thrive. Our communities already have solid foundations in resilience, and our community-led approach to disaster resilience is part of life for Central and North Queenslanders. This Burdekin and Haughton Flood Resilience Strategy outlines how we will work together to proactively reduce flood risk and increase resilience throughout the catchments. We can better prepare for the future and keep our communities safe by coordinating efforts, sharing knowledge and capability, and setting a proactive agenda for improving resilience over time across the catchments. This Strategy is about reinforcing the shared responsibility of disaster resilience, and providing pathways to strengthen our capability and capacity. It also identifies opportunities to boost our resilience efforts and actions to advance social, environmental and economic goals for our communities, and our region more broadly. By understanding the potential disaster risks we face, and working together to better manage our collective disaster risk, our region will contribute to a stronger and more resilient Queensland. The Strategy has been developed in partnership between the Australian and Queensland Governments, the local governments of the Burdekin and Haughton River catchments, and a range of stakeholders with a valued connection to the region. The following eight councils have collaborated to focus on how we will work towards our shared vision of flood resilience for the Burdekin and Haughton River catchments: • Barcaldine Regional Council • Isaac Regional Council • Townsville City Council • Burdekin Shire Council • Mackay Regional Council • Whitsunday Regional Council. • Charters Towers Regional Council • Tablelands Regional Council Cr Lyn McLaughlin Mayor, Burdekin Shire Council Acknowledgements The Queensland Government thanks the following councils, agencies and organisations for their contribution to this Strategy: • Barcaldine Regional Council • Department of Environment and Science • SunWater • Burdekin Shire Council • Department of Transport and Main Roads • Burdekin Water Futures • Charters Towers Regional Council • Department of State Development, • Energy Queensland Infrastructure, Local Government and • Isaac Regional Council • Telstra Planning • Mackay Regional Council • Optus • Department of Agriculture and Fisheries • Tablelands Regional Council • Northern Drone Services • Department of Resources • Townsville City Council • NBN Co • National Drought and North Queensland • Whitsunday Regional Council Flood Recovery Agency • Wilmar • Queensland Reconstruction Authority • Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority • James Cook University • Queensland Fire and Emergency Services • NQ Dry Tropics NRM • Bureau of Meteorology Image: The township of Giru in flood, 2018 (courtesy Burdekin Shire Council). 5 Contents Foreword 5 Acknowledgements 5 Our vision 7 Our community-led approach 8 Our region 9 About this strategy 11 What is resilience? 17 Flood hazard characteristics 19 Elements of resilience 40 How we prepare 59 Enhancing our community-led resilience 61 A shared strategy 62 Regional strategic pathways 63 Place-based community snapshots 64 Strategy implementation 87 Image (this page): Localised flooding in the upper Belyando near Alpha, 2020. (Opp page): Burdekin River historic flood marker at the Macrossan Bridge in the Charters Towers region. 6 Burdekin and Haughton Flood Resilience Strategy Our vision We are a region of people who are proudly self-sufficient and self-reliant. We take care of our own, and are robust about dealing with flood events. We have a long history of flood exposure, it is part of living in North Queensland. Because of this, we are adaptive and know what to expect when the rain comes both now, and into the future. We acknowledge and embrace our diversity as a community, and revel in our shared values. We lend a hand to each other, and help newcomers to ‘learn the ropes’ about living with flood. As a community, we proudly lead our own resilience. 7 Our community-led approach During the wet season, there is no shortage of water flowing The Burdekin and Haughton Flood Resilience Strategy (the strategy) through the Burdekin and Haughton catchments. While flooding is our locally-led and regionally-coordinated blueprint, to leverage may bring with it a range of different impacts, water is a resource the existing resilience of our communities. It unites our community- that is highly valued. Water supply underpins much of our region’s led approach to flood resilience with innovative and coordinated social, economic and environmental prosperity. opportunities to further reduce our region’s flood risk and strengthen the resilience of our townships, economy, infrastructure and the Serious weather events can cause flooding, and cyclones,
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