Will Hodgman,Premier
The 2018-19 Bushfires Final Recovery Plan will guide the long-term recovery activities for the regions most affected – the Huon Valley, Derwent Valley, Central Highlands and the West Coast.
Released today, the Plan outlines the actions that will be undertaken to assist communities under five priority outcome areas:
- social recovery;
- infrastructure recovery;
- economic recovery;
- environmental recovery; and
- identifying and sharing learnings from the recovery process.
A centrepiece of the Recovery Plan is the $9.9 million Community Recovery Fund initiative, co-funded with the Commonwealth Government, under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
The Community Recovery Fund will provide for the restoration of assets in our ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Parks and reserves, drive tourism attraction to affected municipalities and enable the employment of Economic and Community Recovery Officers.
A key objective of the Tasmanian Liberal Government has been to support community-led recovery. The Recovery Plan is designed to support communities affected by the bushfires to identify their own needs and drive recovery efforts over the long-term.
With the Recovery Plan now in place, the Bushfire Recovery Taskforce will cease. I would like to thank Recovery Coordinator, Michael Stevens, and Departmental staff who led the initial response and supported affected communities in the aftermath of the summer bushfires.
The 2018-19 Bushfires Final Recovery Plan is now available at
