Brisbane Establishment of an Independent Flood Review Board

Publication language
English
Pages
5pp.
Date published
01 Jan 2011
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Disasters, Urban, Floods & landslides
Countries
Australia
Organisations
Urbanization Knowledge Partnership

 

In January 2011, Brisbane experienced the second-highest flood in the past 100 years, after the January 1974 flood.
The flood had a significant impact on the city’s infrastructure, assets, transport, waterways, parks and community areas. With an estimated damage bill in excess of $440 million, it will take three years of recovery work for Council to repair and rebuild what the flood waters damaged.
Following the January 2011 flood event, Brisbane City Council (Council) established the independent Flood Response Review Board (Review Board) to review Council’s response to the natural disaster. The review was separate to the State Government’s Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry, looked at all aspects of response to the state-wide floods. A copy of the Review Board report was provided to the Commission of Inquiry.