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| Ipswich Motorway Goodna, facing east, at the height of the January 2011 flood. |
THE Queensland Government will seek Commonwealth help to implement all the recommendations of the floods inquiry.The Floods Commission of Inquiry made 177 recommendations in its final report, which was handed down in March.
They related to the management of southeast Queensland's Wivenhoe Dam, flood levee regulation, planning and other issues.
Premier Campbell Newman tabled the Government's formal response to the inquiry in parliament today.
The 123 recommendations that relate to the State Government will be divided into five streams for implementation, with a working group to be set up for each stream.More than 50 recommendations relate to councils.The State Government has provided $80 million to help councils with flood mitigation and mapping projects.
Mr Newman said the Federal Government would be asked to contribute $40 million for flood mitigation work in regional areas."Queenslanders deserve better flood maps, but we can't send councils broke in developing them," he told parliament.
State cabinet will receive regular progress reports on the implementation of the recommendations from August 2012.
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