Millions in flood recovery grants for Queensland farmers still on offer

Only $66 million of the Federal Government’s $300 million grant assistance scheme to rebuild after the worst floods in a generation has been claimed by North Queensland farmers.

Monsoonal flooding in February 2019 dumped two years worth of rain in just days on properties from Cloncurry to the coastal Burdekin region, causing up to $2 billion in losses.

Despite the Commonwealth establishing the North Queensland Livestock Industry Recovery Agency and appointing former Northern Territory chief…