Crisafulli Government delivers funding to revive local environments across Queensland

• The Crisafulli Government is delivering funding for 32 community conservation projects across Queensland.
• The $800,000 investment is delivering a fresh start for Queensland’s environment after Labor’s decade of environmental neglect.
• Local projects focus on sustainability and improved biodiversity and include koala conservation, turtle rehabilitation and weed control.
• The Crisafulli Government is delivering a plan for Queensland’s future after a decade of decline under Labor. 

The Crisafulli Government is delivering more support for local conservation projects with $800,000 to support grassroots community projects. 

The funding for 32 community groups is part of the Crisafulli Government’s Grassroots Environmental Grants program and backs the delivery of projects including koala conservation in Gympie, turtle rehabilitation in Gladstone and weed control on K’gari Fraser Island. 

Grants of up to $15,000 were available for equipment or facility upgrades as well as up to $30,000 in funds for on-ground projects such as revegetation, habitat restoration, erosion control and native species protection. 

After a decade of environmental neglect by Labor, the Crisafulli Government is delivering more support for healthy environments for Queenslanders now and into the future.  

Minister for the Environment and Tourism Andrew Powell said the funding was a critical investment to drive community-driven conservation. 

“The Crisafulli Government is proud to support 32 community groups delivering local conservation projects that will deliver a better environment for Queenslanders,” Minister Powell said. 

“From koala conservation to turtle rehabilitation, and from tree planting to weed control, these grant-supported projects will make a real difference every day in protecting our precious natural assets. 

“Under the former Labor Government, the environment was an afterthought, but the Crisafulli Government is delivering real funding to empower communities to protect our environment.” 

Koala Action Gympie Region received more than $44,000 through the Grassroots Environmental Grants which will be used on new recording equipment and planting of koala habitat. 

President Sara McGaughey said it would help capture the low frequency breeding bellows of male koalas.     

“These recorders are especially helpful in tracking koalas in large or inaccessible areas to aid conservation efforts,” Ms McGaughey said. 

We are also improving koala habitat by planting 2000 trees with the help of revegetation experts.” 

More information on the successful projects can be found here  https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/grassroots.