This project will empower and support fire-ravaged communities to rebuild their homes in a climate-resilient way. The Green Rebuild Toolkit includes a range of tools, resources and online events tailored for communities rebuilding after the 2019/2020 Australian bushfires. In partnership with our local member Branches, and building on our 40 years of practice in home sustainability, the Toolkit is a wealth of expert resources, virtual and physical events, and one-on-one advice sessions to support communities to build back sustainably and resiliently.
Households will be better informed, communities will be empowered, and rebuilt properties will be sustainable and resilient.

ACT unincorporated, Clarence Valley, Blue Mountains, Coffs Harbour, Wagga Wagga, Eurobodalla, Oberon, Cessnock, Mid Coast, Upper Hunter, Central Coast, Inverell, Kyogle, Bellingen, Muswellbrook, Uralla, Tenterfield, Tamworth, Cootamundra-Gundagai, Narrabri, Wingecarribee, Lismore, Lithgow, Penrith, Kempsey, Mid Western, Queanbeyan-Palerang, Bega Valley, Port Macquarie-Hastings, Greater Hume, Glen Innes, Walcha, Lake Macquarie, Sutherland Shire, Singleton, Snowy Monaro, Shoalhaven, Nambucca, Ku-ring-gai, Goulburn-Mulwaree, Upper Lachlan, Armidale, Ballina, Byron, Richmond Valley, Gwydir, Hawkesbury, Dungog, Tweed, Snowy Valleys, Wollondilly, Southern Grampians, Pyrenees, Strathbogie, Glenelg, Ararat, Golden Plains, Northern Grampians, Moyne, Campaspe, East Gippsland, Wellington, Mansfield, Greater Bendigo, Indigo, Wodonga, Alpine, Wangaratta, Ballarat, Towong, Alpine Resorts (including the Falls Creek Mount Hotham Mount Buller and Mount Stirling alpine resort areas only), Brisbane, South Burnett, Somerset, Southern Downs, Whitsunday, Ipswich City, Townsville, Redland, Rockhampton, Bundaberg, North Burnett, Cook, Mareeba Shire, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Gympie, Gladstone, Lockyer Valley, Livingstone, Noosa Shire, Scenic Rim, Fraser Coast, Toowoomba, Break O'Day, Central Highlands, Flinders, Southern Midlands, Glamorgan/Spring Bay, Murray Bridge, Mid Murray, Playford, Southern Mallee, Kingston, Adelaide Hills, Kangaroo Island, Mount Barker, The Coorong, Lower Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula

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After a very difficult 18 months for the local tourism and hospitality industry, the Big Chill has shown it has the capacity to attract visitors in the Armidale Region and enhance the economic, social and cultural offerings and attractions of the region. The 2021 Big Chill Festival, which celebrates local producers and nationally recognised musicians, attracted 3,000 and with this support will look to build on this foundation, with the stimulus support. Following the worst drought on record, into the 2019/20 Bushfires, into a world pandemic and then floods, the region is desperate for social cohesion and optimistic that better times are ahead. https://www.bigchill.com.au/

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Lower Creek Community Hall and Evacuation Centre

Armidale Regional Council and the Lower Creek residents have identified the urgent requirement for a community hall and evacuation centre in Lower Creek, NSW. This hall is to cater for the high risk Lower Creek community to provide safety in the event of future disasters and host community events that will assist with social recovery and mental health scars. This project has significant importance for Lower Creek as 25.8% of the LGA was affected by the 2019/20 bushfires and 43 Houses and outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. A majority of these cases and the percentage of the burn scar was witnessed in the Lower Creek area. The establishment of a community centre is a critical step to the future development and healing of this community.

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The New England region knows better than most the devastating social, economical and health affects the Black Summer Bushfires had on the Australian people. The first catastrophic fires for the 2019 season occurred in the region before any other. To help with social and economical recovery due to the impacts felt with the fires, Armidale Regional Council would like to purchase a professional level portable stage. This portable stage would allow the region (including all towns and villages) host high profile tourism attracting events, community run programs and large information events (including education on recovery and resilience) events where an outside environment is required.

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Ebor Sports And Recreation Reserve Land Manager

The Ebor Sports ground is the focal point of the Ebor community. This project will rejuvenate this facility's functionality to support the recovery of the Ebor community follow the 2019/20 bushfire. The project will repair and enhance the sports ground infrastructure to allow more activities at the venue and allow the site to been used again for future natural disaster recovery operations.

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The Phoenix Project: A Community-Based Mental Health Fire Recovery Program

The Phoenix Project will promote social recovery and resilience, improving social cohesion and mental health in communities affected by Black Summer Fires, through implementing a Community-Based Disaster Mental Health (CBDMHI) program. This internationally successful program is strategically designed for adaptation to local cultural and disaster-contexts. Through extensive community consultation, the CBDMHI will be tailored for fires in rural Australia and implemented and evaluated in the Armidale LGA. The program will aid recovery and build resilience for future fires, supporting the wellbeing of communities in the long-term. A framework will be available after the project to enable broader implementation for those impacted by fire.

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Australian Red Cross 2019/2020 Australian Bushfire Recovery Program

The Australian Red Cross 2019/2020 Australian Bushfire Recovery Program (the Program) is a community based social recovery and resilience program supporting communities impacted by the 2019/20 Bushfires. Red Cross provides information, practical assistance, and emotional support to enhance community recovery and resilience – focussing on the psychological, social and cultural aspects of wellbeing. Red Cross Recovery Officers and Volunteers share resources and deliver recovery and psychosocial training to individuals, communities and groups; and work with communities to strengthen resilience to future disasters. The Program reflects needs of LGA’s through a community-led approach, working with government, community services and groups.

Bellingen, Wollondilly, Lithgow, Nambucca, Clarence Valley, Coffs Harbour, Queanbeyan-Palerang, Muswellbrook, Bega Valley, Tamworth, Snowy Monaro, Snowy Valleys, Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Cessnock, Mansfield, Wellington, Indigo, Gold Coast, South Burnett, Bundaberg, Ipswich City, Fraser Coast, North Burnett, Gympie, Glamorgan/Spring Bay, Kingston, Lower Eyre Peninsula

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Safer community bushfire refuge/ emergency assembly area.

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Centennial Parklands - Amenities & Outdoor Event Area

The Centennial Parklands Plan of Management includes the construction of new facilities and outdoor multi-purpose event space and seating to improve the amenity of the and usage at Centennial Parklands. Potential has been identified for a multi- purpose building that integrates a variety of functions into an architecturally designed / purpose-built structure can serve the Standing Stones Memorial and the park into the future and provide a valuable community resource. This project creates a much-needed replacement of toilet facilities and the opportunity for more significant multi-purpose facilities to drive better local and visitor experiences at the Australian Celtic Festival (ACF) and to attract more events to the area.

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Youth and Sport Precinct Upgrades and Connectivity

Sport, recreation and child services in the Glen Innes Severn LGA are of significant cultural importance. Social behaviour, mental health, learning development, social interaction and wellbeing are driven by these associated activities and facilities.

This project focuses on our youth, main sports precinct upgrades and connectivity.

Council will:
• Upgrade the outdated skate park. This facility is an important recreational outlet for our youth; and
• Provide shared and linked footpath infrastructure throughout the sports precinct, child early intervention and before and after school care centre and link up with other
established town pathway systems. Safer venues access and improved recreational infrastructure for everyone.

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Warwick Twigg Indoor Sports Stadium Development - Stage Two

The Warwick Twigg Indoor Sports Stadium - Stage Two project will provide the following additions.

1. Two national standard outdoor multi-sport courts
2. Spectator Seating
3. Solar panels

These additions will enable to stadium complex to now host intrastate and interstate netball and basketball competition carnivals and training camps. Business, rural industry, trade and community events will also be able to be conducted at the indoor stadium. These events will stimulate local sportspeople, their support families and friends, businesspeople, industry professionals, rural landholders and community organisations and provide valuable wellbeing, social, developmental and economic benefits to the LGA.

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This project will address the lessons learnt from the 2019 Black Summer Bushfires in the Glen Innes Severn LGA with issues for emergency services locating rural properties and their entrances.

Council proposes to make available rural address signage and an installation service for LGA landholders from early 2022 to the fund period end in March 2024 to alleviate this main issue. This project aims to provide all LGA rural properties with a nationally recognised addressing system.

The asset register will be a designated and easily accessible service during times of crisis for emergency services. The register will capture data of on-farm priority assets to assist RFS and fire and rescue crews during a bushfire incident

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Evacuation Centre Upgrade Glen Innes Showground

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Leveraging local peers to connect communities and enhance mental health

Expanding our work through our established community networks across 10 LGAs, we aim to normalise conversations about mental health. This project builds on the learnings of our Bushfire Recovery Service. Our objectives are optimal recovery and resilience against future disasters. We will achieve this through two Lifeline-trained teams: our employed Peer Workers in each LGA are the go-to Advocates who identify and refer within our extensive networks. Our voluntary Connectors are members of local community groups who receive our community education to identify signs of stress and mental ill-health through casual community contact. This two-tier model of trusted peers has proven successful.

Glen Innes, Port Macquarie-Hastings, Mid Coast, Armidale, Inverell, Walcha, Kempsey, Kyogle, Richmond Valley, Tenterfield

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The Living Classroom - Emergency Accommodation and Tourism Opportunitis

The project will establish on The Living Classroom site a minimum of 5 one and two bedroom ecologically designed bungalows that can offer individuals and families appropriate accommodation which can be used for the dual purpose of accommodation for displaced persons after events such as bushfire, floods and other natural disasters, as well as accommodation for key workers after a disaster whilst they undertake repairs and assist the local community. This project addresses actions detailed in Gwydir Shire Council's Adverse Events Action Plan 2021.

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Warialda Emergency Accommodation and Respite Centre

The project will establish a new community facility in Warialda that will provide accommodation for local residents, disaster recovery workers and when not required in response to natural disasters will provide respite care for local residents with disabilities through services provided under the NDIS. The facility will comprise of 2 residential units that can offer individuals and families appropriate accommodation and facilities for respite care both daily and overnight. This project addresses actions detailed in Gwydir Shire Councils Adverse Events Action Plan 2021 and also meets a long-term need for respite care facilities in the town of Warialda.

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Building Resilient NSW Communities through Trauma Care Training

CareFlight will deliver a series of Trauma Care Workshops to volunteer and professional first responders in bushfire affected communities throughout NSW.
Engaging communities in preparedness activities can ensure that individuals and communities are resilient to natural disasters. CareFlight’s Trauma Care Workshops provide first responders and community members with the skills, knowledge and confidence to treat and manage critically ill patients during bushfires and natural disasters. First responder agencies are also provided with a unique opportunity to train together and strengthen their communication and inter-agency collaboration, which helps to support service cohesion and fortify their response efforts in the field.

Gwydir, Mid Western, Glen Innes, Snowy Monaro, Ku-ring-gai, Singleton, Central Coast, Inverell, Armidale, Eurobodalla, Tweed, Upper Lachlan

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Billion Bees - Black Summer Bushfire Recovery - Connecting Communities

The Billion Bees - Black Summer Connecting Communities, proposal focuses on building community resilience, using community engagement, trade skills sharing, education in project management and creating employment opportunities by developing a program with Aboriginal Land Council’s, Men’s Shed, Local Government and Schools.
This project draws together local community groups to work on an environmental project that brings Australian native stingless bees and beehives into their community.

Hawkesbury, Bega Valley, Blue Mountains, Tenterfield, Port Macquarie-Hastings, Mid Coast, Clarence Valley, Glen Innes, Noosa Shire, Gympie, Southern Downs, Fraser Coast, Scenic Rim

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The project centres on the rural community of Ashford, which has a population of 652 (ABS 2016), with 16.9% identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Project benefits are expected to reach the entire population of Ashford and works include replacement of the town’s playground in McRae Park, upgrading the Ashford main street by installing interpretive heritage signage in the Ashford CBD to celebrate the district’s cultural heritage and also planting 6 shade trees in the CBD along with bench seating.
The project will assist this disadvantaged community to build social resilience and build upon existing projects to improve Ashford’s liveability, economic recovery and sense of community pride.

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Bandaar Walaaybaa Community Hub.Aboriginal Corporations

Will bring cultural appropriations to provide appropriate services to all Indigenous participant’s in the communities of Inverell/Tingha NSW and other surrounding areas who needs services. Will succeed in building cultural inclusion by developing specific strategies and resources for Aboriginal people, their families and communities and by building on a strong approach by improving outcomes for Aboriginal people by educating / employment participants on proper resources to identify barriers.

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STA FM is a community run radio station in Inverell NSW. This project will deliver benefits to the entire Inverell LGA by equipping a new digital studio and increasing the station's capacity to deliver local news and content 24/7. The project will drive jobs and skills by training new presenters, including Aboriginal and youth presenters. Community connection will also be enhanced through the fitout of an existing van, which will enable the station to broadcast live from frontline community events. This includes festivals, disaster response activities and community events such as Anzac Day and Australia Day.

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The project will conserve local heritage and also promote heritage tourism in Inverell LGA. Tingha Town Hall's (c1914) accessibility, electrical works and roof will be upgraded. A Heritage Conservation Plan will be developed for Newstead Shearing Shed (c1857), the culturally significant site of Tom Roberts’ famed The Golden Fleece in the 19th century. Lastly, the project will develop a self guided heritage tour mobile app for Inverell’s heritage conservation area. This will boost heritage tourism and be supported by a 40 page publication of heritage sites in Inverell and their history. The project is widely supported by community groups, tourism, heritage advocates and site owners.

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This project will implement upgrades to 3 residential parks in the township of Inverell. Arthur Street Park is a large residential park located in the eastern area of Inverell and is surrounded by residences. Council has received requests from members of the public to install new playground structures in the park due to the predominance of young families in this area of Inverell. Apex Park is a fenced park located in Inverell's west and Cunningham Place Park is located in South Inverell, which has a high proportion of social housing residents.

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The Macintyre River bisects the town of Inverell, with residents in the South Inverell neighbourhood (480 residences), connecting to the CBD via a foot bridge over the river. The current structure is in a poor state of repair and due to its low level, there have been more than 12 instances in the past 12 months where the bridge has been impassable due to elevated flows in the river. This project will overcome this by raising the foot bridge by 1 metre widening the bridge to facilitate improved accessibility. The shared path approaches to the footbridge will also be widened to 2 metres. An additional riverside path will also be installed at a second site in Inverell to connect May Street Lookout with the Inverell Suspension Bridge.

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Installation of Electronic Fire Danger Rating Signs in Inverell LGA

The project will install three solar powered, electronic fire danger rating signs in Inverell LGA. The variable message signs will provide illuminated roadside information 24 hours / day. The three signs will be strategically placed on the highest traffic routes towards high bushfire-risk areas and the more densely populated areas of our shire.
The signs receive instant updates from the NSW Rural Fire Service through the mobile phone network to automatically change the fire danger rating display. This will ensure timely, localised and consistent messaging for the community.

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This project will renew playground equipment at Waratah Park in south Inverell. The park is a recreational outlet for the 420 residences in South Inverell, which is a predominantly Aboriginal population, and includes a high percentage of social housing and household incomes well below the NSW average. The project will renew playground equipment which is dilapidated and replace softfall to enhance safety. The project is supported by the Aboriginal community and also the Linking Together Centre, which adjoins the park and delivers cultural, educational and health programs.

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The project will upgrade Tingha Evacuation Centre (Tingha Sport and Recreation Club) in the village of Tingha, population 476. Run by volunteers, the club hosts events such as Tingha Tin Festival, the Chinese Lantern Festival, Australia Day, Remembrance Day and Anzac Day commemorations. During the Tingha bushfire in 2019, the club hosted community meetings, distribution of food and material aid and was a re-fueling point for volunteer fire fighters. Inspections by three independent builders have recommended the replacement of the club’s main hall floor and subfloor, which is aged and presents safety concerns for club users. The project will remove the current flooring, install new flooring and hardwearing floor coverings.

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The New England North West region has recently experienced a range of unprecedented natural disasters. Compounded traumatic events have far-reaching and long-lasting impacts to a community and can negatively impact mental health and wellbeing.
The Remote School Resilience Program is aimed at small remote schools who often miss out on service and program opportunities due to geographical isolation. The program will involve a mix of counselling, tailored groups for students, individual supports for students and families and a sporting element.
The aim of the program is to increase resiliency amongst students, increase the mental health and emotional wellbeing of students, the wider family, the school and wider community.

Inverell, Tamworth

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Climate-Smart Adaptive Resilience and Engagement for Animal Evacuation

University of Newcastle will work collaboratively with Hunter Local land Services agricultural producers, and key groups that underpins Hunter region’s economies and communities by delivering locally appropriate programs, and communication and awareness campaign to enable the adoption of sustainable and innovative practices and improve community connections to build productive resilient communities.
Using a co-creation approach, innovative cost-effective resilience technical solutions will be developed for upgrading and extending Animal sheltering facilities and collates logistical data requirements to better protect wider regional agricultural Sector, and vulnerable communities, enabling them to thrive in the disasters events.

Lake Macquarie, Muswellbrook, Cessnock, Dungog, Singleton, Mid Coast, Upper Hunter

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Online psychology and financial counselling in bushfire affected regions

A new partnership between online psychology platform Rural Health Connect and Rural Financial Counselling Services will deliver psychology and financial counselling sessions across bushfire affected regions. This support is one-on-one and provided over our online platform free of charge. It comes in response to the fact that emotional and financial distress often go hand in hand and addressing both aspects of life together can aid in recovery. Bringing both services together at one online location simplifies the process for clients and allows for easier referring and cross referring. We work closely with councils across the affected regions, to identify key areas of need and how to best deliver our services to the people who need them.

Queanbeyan-Palerang, Tenterfield, Clarence Valley, Snowy Monaro, Eurobodalla, Lithgow, Glen Innes, Armidale, Wollondilly, Richmond Valley, Bega Valley, Nambucca, Hawkesbury, Port Macquarie-Hastings, Shoalhaven, Mid Coast, Snowy Valleys, Blue Mountains, Kempsey, Indigo, Mansfield, Wangaratta, Alpine, Wellington, East Gippsland, Wodonga, Towong, Southern Downs, Lockyer Valley, Somerset, Livingstone, Scenic Rim, Kangaroo Island

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Lending a Legal HAND: Helpful Advice following Natural Disaster

Communities affected by natural disasters require legal assistance. Unaddressed legal problems affect people’s health, financial stability, and relationships. In the face of compounding disasters, there is also a need to strengthen preparedness so that unresolved legal problems from past disasters are not exacerbated. This project will strengthen our relationships with local community organisations, including community legal centres, across 16 LGAs to better identify disaster-related legal problems early and establish pathways to connect people with legal assistance. We will work with our pro bono legal firms and leverage our digital solutions to deliver legal assistance that supports communities to rebuild and strengthen resilience.

Shoalhaven, Coffs Harbour, Nambucca, Kempsey, Port Macquarie-Hastings, Upper Hunter, Ballina, Lismore, Tweed, Greater Bendigo, Wangaratta, Campaspe, East Gippsland, Wodonga, Mansfield, Alpine

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The project will see an alternate access road to the Drake Hall and associated stormwater upgrades, aimed at enhancing the hall’s capacity as a future evacuation centre for the village. By improving pathways, parking, road crossings and bus stop bay and shelter, the project will support the health, safety and well-being, environmental resilience, and prosperity of the community. The project aims at boosting local recreation opportunities and providing social assets that will help the social recovery of the impacted community. Enhancement to public space will deliver a more liveable village with accessible and attractive built environment for residents whilst encouraging increased visitation from tourists and the travelling public.

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TSC Rural Community Rural Address Numbering Replacement and Revitalisation

The assessment and installation of Rural Addressing Markers to identify missing and fire damaged property identification to assist regulatory and combat agencies attending private properties within the rural community during an emergency. This project will address any urgent and unmet need resulting directly from the 2019-2020 bushfires including facilitating prompt responses by emergency services such as the Police, Ambulance and Fire Brigade, efficient delivery of services such as those offered by Telstra and Essential Energy & to comply with the Australian Standard AS/NZ 4819:2011 Rural and Urban Addressing.

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The construction of an accessibility friendly toilet to the hall and key outcomes will be the provision of accessibility for all members of the public who use the hall. This will benefit the whole of the Mingoola community as will provide easily accessible facilities to all including elderly and people with any accessibility needs. The construction of a new accessible toilet will be used by the hall.

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This two-pronged project will see the clearing of trees, branches and scrub from along roads located within the Tenterfield Shire and within the RU5 area of Tenterfield. Tenterfield Park is a high visitation park that has been divided between a dog walking park and a bird watching park. Within this parkland there are a number of large trees that have died and now pose to become a fire risk to the town. This project supports the physical and social recovery from the immediate efects of the bushfires. This funding will see the danger of falling trees and excess fuel removed from community land.

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Recover, adapt, connect; supporting disaster resilience following bushfire.

For survivors of the black summer bushfires, life has been forever changed. Without appropriate clinical and support services, the impact of trauma for many will be long-lasting and result in increased acuity of physical and mental health conditions and an ongoing health burden to communities.
HealthWISE will work with communities in 16 LGAs to address the impact of trauma experienced following the bushfires. Our project will facilitate recovery and develop psychological preparedness for future bushfires, in individuals and communities. We will do this with a locally based workforce of nurses, mental and allied health clinicians, Aboriginal health practitioners and we will assist people to navigate and connect with other existing services.

Tenterfield, Inverell, Gwydir, Walcha, Tamworth, Armidale, Uralla, Glen Innes, Narrabri, Southern Downs, Lockyer Valley, Somerset, Toowoomba, South Burnett, Ipswich City, Scenic Rim

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As a small rural community that has been impacted by two major bushfire emergency events in three years, endured severe drought, major storms, infectious diseases and significant search and rescue operations, the need has never been greater to ensure our community can remain prepared, be able to effectively respond to emergencies, and recover from these devastating events now, and into the future. This project will establish a new Emergency and Rescue Centre in Merriwa, to replace the 60 year-old existing facility that is no longer fit for purpose. This facility will enable coordinated emergency operations, provide space for recovery providers, house our Rescue responders as well as be a key community engagement hub for resilience building.

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To provide one tennis court with a multi purpose surface which would enable the court to be ready for use at anytime by anyone in Kingstown and the surrounding villages the second tennis court would still be operational but dependent on volunteers to maintain the preparation for playing tennis, watering, rolling and marking the court before it is ready for use.

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Mobile generators for emergency power to support essential services

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HOME – an integrated arts and cultural program for primary schools.

Uralla, Tenterfield, Armidale, Glen Innes

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Walcha aerodrome provides a key base for NSW Rural Fires Service (NSWRFS) for local aerial fire fighting activities. The aerodrome is also regularly used by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) for high altitude training of C130 Hercules air crews in the use of unsealed airstrips. The proposed project will improve vehicular access to the aerodrome by sealing the access road, provide reliable mains power to the facility to support future NSWRFS operations and with strengthen and restore the existing gravel airstrip to support future NSWRFS and RAAF operations.

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Water Infrastructure Enhancement for Nowendoc Hall

Walcha Council will partner with the Nowendoc Memorial Hall Land Managers to deliver several projects that will enhance the Nowendoc Memorial Hall for the small rural community and its visitors, to ensure water security and disabled car park access for the future. Prior to the Black Summer Bushfires, the Nowendoc area was affected by drought. When the bushfires hit, water storage was very limited and water had to be transported from Walcha 75km away. This project involves Council assisting the Nowendoc community with improving water harvesting, drainage, landscaping and safety for the community, visitors and tourists.

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Yarrowitch Public Hall and Recreation Reserve Land Manager

Improved Yarrowitch emergency response support and community facilities

Yarrowitch Hall and Recreation Reserve Land Managers will enhance the Community Hall facilities to support emergency and operational response agencies in times of disaster. This will also lead to increased community engagement and use of the facility through the running of events and community activities. This will be achieved through much needed floor repair and finishing of the Hall flooring, partial internal painting, installation of a permanent external barbeque, purchase of a zero turn mower suitable to keep the grounds in a well maintained and safe condition. This will correct many of the issues experienced by the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS), State Emergency Services (SES), Australia Defence Force & Blazeaid during the fires.

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New South Wales State Emergency Service Volunteers Association Ltd

The FRRP will be designed to provide volunteer frontline managers of first responder organisations with the skills and the confidence to engage positively with their people. These skills will be developed through a series of scenario based sessions where leaders work together to enhance their communication expertise. The FRRP will be delivered local emergency volunteer team leaders at all 31 Category 1 LGAs and include a train the trainer component, the development of an online knowledge hub to support the program delivery and include a research component to determine efficacy of the program.

Walcha, Tamworth, Sutherland Shire, Upper Hunter, Port Macquarie-Hastings, Kyogle, Kempsey, Cootamundra-Gundagai, Shoalhaven, Wagga Wagga, Ku-ring-gai, Bellingen, Hawkesbury, Glen Innes, Goulburn-Mulwaree, Cessnock, Coffs Harbour, Inverell, Central Coast, Gwydir, Greater Hume, Blue Mountains, Lismore, Tweed, Snowy Valleys, Dungog, Eurobodalla, Richmond Valley, Narrabri, Uralla, Oberon, Bega Valley, Snowy Monaro, Mid Western, Tenterfield, Mid Coast, Wingecarribee, Upper Lachlan, Lithgow, Penrith, Lake Macquarie, Nambucca, Queanbeyan-Palerang, Muswellbrook, Clarence Valley, Byron, Wollondilly

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Approved in part

Installation of Ceiling Fans and Emergency Lighting at the Memorial Hall

Approved in part