Queensland Calls for Home Buyback Package for Flood Victims

Flood-damaged items and debris are left outside a house in Brisbane, Australia, on March 6, 2022. Dan Peled/Getty Images

The Australian state of Queensland has put forward a new support package to financially enable the state government to buy back homes of up to 500 flood victims.

Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles said on March 19 that the state had asked the federal government to jointly fund a $771 million (US$572 million) support package under national disaster recovery arrangements.