What Queensland Reconstruction Authority does

The Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) is a Queensland Government statutory authority established under the Queensland Reconstruction Authority Act 2011, headquartered in Brisbane. It is the state's lead agency for disaster recovery and resilience policy, coordinating a $17.3 billion statewide program across 61 declared events and 77 local councils as of June 2026. QRA administers joint Australian-Queensland Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA), the state-funded State Disaster Relief Arrangements (SDRA), Queensland Betterment Funds, and resilience funding streams, providing financial assistance to communities recovering from floods, bushfires, and severe weather events.

QRA's operational product portfolio is centered on funding administration and resilience coordination rather than commercial technology. The core digital asset is the Management and Reporting System (MARS), an online portal through which councils and state agencies apply for and acquit funding across all QRA-administered programs. Complementary tools include the Repeat Events and Dollars Index (REDI) for repeat-damage risk analytics and the Get Ready Queensland initiative, a year-round all-hazards community preparedness program. QRA also produces state recovery plans and regional resilience strategies, supported by Functional Recovery and Resilience Groups.

QRA is government-funded and does not generate commercial revenue; its activities are financed through joint Australian-Queensland Government disaster recovery arrangements and state budget allocations. Its go-to-market is direct government-to-government, with the 77 Queensland councils as primary delivery partners and the Australian Government as co-funder under DRFA. Following the 30 June 2024 transition of functions from the former Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, QRA's mandate now also spans state-level Hazard and Risk functions, Community Engagement, and Community Awareness Campaigns, extending its remit from post-event recovery into prevention and preparedness. The authority reports to Minister Ann Leahy MP and is led by CEO Jake Ellwood.

Name

Queensland Reconstruction Authority

Legal name

Queensland Reconstruction Authority

Website

https://qra.qld.gov.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Queensland Reconstruction Authority is a Queensland Government statutory authority that coordinates disaster recovery, resilience policy, and funding administration for all 77 Queensland councils, managing joint Australian-Queensland disaster recovery arrangements and resilience programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Disaster Recovery Services

NAICS

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (925120)

akta.pro primary industry

Disaster Recovery, Reconstruction & Resilience Programs (BPAGAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Natural Disaster Preparedness & Recovery (Storm/Flood/Wildfire) (BPABANAI), State/Provincial Public Safety & Emergency Management (Police, Fire, EMS Oversight) (BPAIABAG)

Keywords

• Disaster recovery services
• Resilience planning
• Government funding administration
• Disaster risk management
• Recovery program management

Headquarters

HQ city

Brisbane

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Queensland Reconstruction Authority is the State's lead agency for disaster recovery and resilience policy, established under the Queensland Reconstruction Authority Act 2011. It administers the $17.3 billion disaster recovery program across 61 events and 77 councils, coordinating funding arrangements, recovery operations, and resilience initiatives for disaster-affected communities across Queensland.

Product overview

The Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) is a Queensland Government agency (established under the Queensland Reconstruction Authority Act 2011) that operates as a single, unified agency rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. QRA's core product portfolio centers on disaster recovery funding coordination and resilience building, with MARS serving as its primary digital portal for funding applications. The organization administers multiple funding programs including DRFA (joint Australian-Queensland Government), SDRA (state-funded), and Queensland Betterment Funds, all accessible through MARS. Get Ready Queensland is the flagship resilience initiative providing year-round disaster preparedness messaging and campaigns. QRA also produces state recovery plans, regional resilience strategies, and maintains mapping resources including REDI (Repeat Events and Dollars Index) for risk analysis. The agency expanded its responsibilities in July 2024 to include state-level Hazard and Risk functions, Community Engagement projects, and Community Awareness Campaigns.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Get Ready Queensland: A year-round, all-hazards resilience building initiative coordinated by QRA to help communities prepare for natural disasters. This brand was expanded in October 2023 to include the If It's Flooded, Forget It campaign.
• MARS

Products and services

• Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) Administration

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Queensland Local GovernmentscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQRA works with all 77 Queensland councils to deliver disaster recovery and reconstruction programs. Councils are the primary delivery partners for infrastructure reconstruction and community recovery initiatives funded through DRFA and SDRA arrangements.
• Australian GovernmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint Australian and Queensland Government funding through Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) provides financial assistance to help Queensland communities recover from eligible disasters.
• Queensland State Government AgenciescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQRA coordinates with various Queensland state government agencies for disaster recovery operations, including the Queensland Police Service (which assumed primary responsibility for disaster management from QFES in 2024).
• Inspector-General of Emergency Management (IGEM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerQRA is implementing recommendations from the IGEM Review into Queensland's Disaster Management Arrangements (2023), working collaboratively to enhance Queensland's disaster management system.
• Functional Recovery and Resilience GroupsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerQRA develops State Recovery Plans with support from Functional Recovery and Resilience Groups, which include various government and non-government agencies involved in recovery coordination.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Recovery Victoria (now within Department of Justice and Community Safety): Recovery Victoria was the Victorian state authority responsible for coordinating disaster recovery — a near-clone of QRA's role until it was folded into a line department in 2023, illustrating both the comparable function and the structural risk vector facing QRA.
• NSW Reconstruction Authority: The New South Wales Reconstruction Authority is the closest functional peer: a state-level statutory body coordinating disaster recovery, resilience, and reconstruction funding across NSW councils, mirroring QRA's mandate and structure within a different state government.
• Bushfire Recovery Victoria: Bushfire Recovery Victoria coordinated the reconstruction effort following the 2019–2020 Black Summer bushfires with a similar state-level funding and resilience mandate to QRA's Betterment and DRFA functions.

Regional players

• SA State Emergency Service: South Australia's SES handles state-level emergency response, preparedness, and partial recovery coordination across South Australian councils, overlapping QRA's recovery/resilience remit in a different state jurisdiction.
• New Zealand National Emergency Management Agency: The NZ National Emergency Management Agency is the closest trans-Tasman equivalent, operating whole-of-government emergency management and recovery coordination similar in scope to QRA but within the New Zealand government framework.
• Tasmanian State Emergency Service: Tasmania's SES operates state-level emergency preparedness, response, and recovery coordination across Tasmanian councils — a comparable government-coordinated recovery function to QRA, but at smaller jurisdictional scale.

Broad incumbents

• National Emergency Management Agency (Australia): NEMA is the federal-level Australian agency that coordinates emergency management nationally and shares DRFA joint-funding responsibility with QRA; it operates one tier above QRA and overlaps on recovery policy, capability, and funding administration.
• FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency, USA): FEMA is the much larger US federal counterpart that coordinates disaster recovery funding (Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation) and resilience policy — analogous to QRA's role but at federal scale and across all US states and territories.

Others

• Insurance Council of Australia: The Insurance Council of Australia coordinates industry response to natural disasters — adjacent rather than competing with QRA, but overlapping on disaster impact assessment, resilience data, and recovery funding landscape.
• Local Government Association of Queensland: LGAQ is the peak body representing all 77 Queensland councils that QRA serves and coordinates with — its members are QRA's primary delivery partners for DRFA-funded reconstruction works, making it the closest ecosystem counterpart on the customer side.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/qreconstruction
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC0gcJqf0F5h7F3kHTW53OLQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/QueenslandReconstructionAuthority
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/queensland-reconstruction-authority

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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Investments

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