Mayor Welcomes Funding Backflip

Key points

• Toowoomba mayor Geoff McDonald has welcomed the Federal Government's decision to reverse proposed changes to Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements. He said the proposed changes would have left TRC ratepayers almost $50 million worse off.
• McDonald said his region has faced 12 declared disaster events since 2018. He thanked the Queensland Government, the Local Government Association of Queensland and councils across the state for their advocacy.
• He said the Federal Government had made the right decision to keep the current arrangements in place.