March 2025

Business on Redlands Coast

Economic development updates to support local businesses.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred

As we provide this update we are thinking of residents and businesses, hoping you, your families, colleagues, employees and clients are keeping safe, prepared and well.

As Tropical Cyclone Alfred is already beginning to impact our region, it is expected that many businesses in Redlands Coast will be affected.

The below sites are updated regularly and are a great source of information for your business during this challenging time:

Redlands Coast Disaster Dashboard - newsfeeds, outages, weather warnings and road conditions.
Queensland Small Business disaster hub - managing your small business before, during and after a disaster.
Staying connected in emergencies - tips about supporting business connectivity during and after disasters.
Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) weather warnings - latest information and advice.

Minister declaration

A Minister declaration is in place for Tropical Cyclone Alfred - notified as an event for affected Local Government Areas under section 275E of the Planning Act 2016 (the Planning Act) - 5 March 2025 until 19 March 2025 (inclusive).

In essence, this legislative change allows a business to change their ‘normal’ operations to factor in disaster response and provides an opportunity to support temporary solutions for residents and businesses displaced or affected from the flooding, or temporary operations to support clean-up activities.

More information about applicable events, and the specific notice for Tropical Cyclone Alfred visit www.planning.qld.gov.au/planning-framework/legislation/ministers-powers/applicable-events.

Importance of sharing business impacts

While your focus right now is on preparing for Tropical Cyclone Alfred, post event, it will be very important to capture and share the impacts of the event on your business. Your information and insight will help identify and prioritise the supportive recovery action government needs to take.

There are a number of industry surveys already in circulation, and there will be more released in the coming week. Please take the time to complete any surveys that are relevant to your business and your industry. Survey inputs will be critical to ensuring your business and Redlands Coast, receive the support needed.

Current business surveys:

Tropical Cyclone Alfred: Tourism Industry Crisis Impact Survey - survey from Redlands Coast Regional Tourism Organisation (RTO) - Brisbane Economic Development Agency (BEDA)
Queensland DPI Agriculture Disaster Impact Survey - survey from Department of Primary Industries - Queensland Government

Local Economic Recovery Team

As part of the Redland City Local Recovery Group structure, a specific Economic Recovery Team (sub-group) has been established. Team membership includes three local business chambers, numerous state agencies across various industries, and economic development and tourism staff from Council. This team will be responsible for managing and coordinating issues relating to the financial and economic recovery as it relates to business impact, industry impact and worker impact. This includes stimulating the renewal and growth of the economy, and facilitating business assistance. A key role of the team will be to ensure effective connection with the business community across Redlands Coast to inform required action and support. Post event, when full impacts of the disaster are known and understood, there will be further information available on the actions of the team and the support available.

Please visit the Redlands Coast Disaster Dashboard for emergency contacts, the most up-to-date information on weather warnings, power outages and road conditions, as the situation continues to unfold.

As a business registered in Redlands Coast you have received this communication as part of the Redland City Council Disaster Recovery communications program. If you do not wish to receive further communications from Redland City Council regarding disaster recovery, please unsubscribe using the link at the bottom of this email.

In addition to receiving updates on economic recovery post TC Alfred, you can also choose to subscribe to Council’s monthly Business on Redlands Coast e-news and, or Redlands Coast Tourism and Events Industry e-news.