Industry Recovery and Resilience Officer program
Recovery from natural disasters
Find support for agribusiness after flooding and cyclones.
About the program
The Industry Recovery and Resilience Officer (IRRO) program provides specialised medium-term and long-term recovery support to primary producers.
It can help you:
- better understand climate risks
- develop strategies to mitigate risk to your farm businesses
- build resilience to the impacts of future climate-driven events such as floods, bushfires and droughts by developing
- farm business resilience plans
- natural disaster response and recovery plans
- access financial support and mental health support.
Our support includes direct face-to-face consultation and assistance across all primary production industries.
The IRRO program, recovery loans and grants are jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
Current targeted support
Our program supports producers impacted by:
- North and North West Queensland floods and Ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji
- Western Queensland floods
- Ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred
- North and Far North Tropical Low
- Tropical Cyclone Jasper (December 2023) (PDF, 2.3MB)
- Northern Queensland bushfires (October to December 2023) (PDF, 1.4MB)
- Southern Queensland bushfires (September to November 2023) (PDF, 1.6MB).
Assistance to plan and grow your farm business
The Farm Business Resilience Program helps Queensland primary producers grow stronger, more profitable and productive businesses.
The free program gives you the opportunity to:
- discover ways to boost productivity and profitability
- engage in peer-to-peer learning
- improve decision-making and risk management
- identify opportunities to innovate and grow
- consider climate forecasts and plan ahead
- create a tailored Farm Business Resilience Plan for your business.
Contact
If you would like support from an IRRO, or if you have any other enquiries, please contact us online, by phone or in person.