February Queensland Chapter Meeting Roundup
1st March 2019
Northern FMA Members convened at the AECOM building for the Queensland Chapter Meeting in Brisbane on the 13 February.
The Meeting was an opportunity for FMA to discuss it's recent activities, network with Members and bring to the fore issues and challenges faced during the recent severe weather.
The Meeting was also provided with updates from the Queensland Reconstruction Authority, the Bureau of Meterology and Southern Cross University's National Centre for Flood Research.
FMA's Queensland Director Dwayne Honor, led the afternoon Land Use Planning Workshop. He said there is a real need among Local Government for assistance with converting flood study/flood risk management study products to risk based land use planning products.
Over the coming year FMA will support a number of land use planning initiatives, including developing guidelines for risk based planning instruments.
An overview of key planning policies was provided by Shane Spargo and Stephen Smith from the Department of State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning, and the afternoon wrapped up with Heath Martin from Toowoomba Regional Council providing a comprehensive case study on converting flood hazard to flood risk information, mapping it and applying appropriate land use responses in each category.
The next FMA Meeting will be held at the FMA Conference in Canberra:
FMA Quarterly Meeting and Annual General Meeting, 16 May.
