Disaster Recovery Funding Agreements 2025 - Emergency works are complete, and funding submissions have been submitted.

Consultancy procurement completed: Food Connect (Brisbane) engaged to deliver a feasibility study for a Noosa Agribusiness Hub. Mobilisation meeting set for the first quarter in 2026. Food and Agribusiness Network (FAN) engagement: Following FAN’s Q2 restructure, the new executive was briefed on Council priorities - regenerative practices, market access, and food tourism - key areas for joint value creation.

Numerous community preparedness activities conducted, including the Noosa Show (12 and 13 September) with 650 engagements and distribution of 350 readiness packs. Noosa Aged care engagements with Palm Lakes Cooroy, Riverlands, Noosa Waters Retirement Estate and Noosa Seniors Connect programs. Community resilience activities took place in partnership with emergency services agencies at Stratford Park, Kin Kin, Pomona and Boreen Point. Get Ready Schools bookings in preparation for October - mid December to 2,500 local schools and home/flexi school visit. Successful Sim table engagements took place through July and September collaborating with Environmental Operations staff.

The Get Ready Noosa event, coordinated by Council and delivered in partnership with local emergency services, was held on 11 October and saw more than 1,500 preparedness packs distributed to residents. The team also participated in the highly successful Sunshine Coast Disaster Expo on 19 October. This was followed by delivery of the largest Get Ready Schools program to date, with the team engaging more than 2,500 students between mid-October and early December as part of broader disaster resilience activities, again in collaboration with local emergency services. Simtable sessions and aged care engagement activities were undertaken throughout October and November. In December, the disaster resilience vehicle joined the Noosa Christmas Convoy, distributing Get Ready Noosa emergency information packs as part of Council’s community outreach. The Local Disaster Management Plan was reviewed, reformatted to improve community accessibility, and endorsed by the Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG). Community sub-groups continue to strengthen, with the Kin Kin Community Disaster Management Plan endorsed by the LDMG in September. Organisational training and preparedness activities also included participation in exercises with DTMR and Seqwater.