Be a part of locally driven action on Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)
RAPAD and the seven councils of CWQ to deliver a forum series targeting locally identified opportunities and actions to address ECEC challenges in our region.
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Industry Recovery and Resilience Officers (IRROs) are available to support primary producers in Central West Queensland impacted by the 2025 Western Queensland floods.
IRROs help navigate government grants, provide referrals for financial and mental health support, and assist in developing long-term disaster resilience plans.
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Helping Grazing Enterprises Rebuild Stronger
Exclusion Fencing Recovery Grants are available to primary producers impacted by western Queensland floods.
These grants support the repair and reconstruction of exclusion and cluster fencing infrastructure across eligible Local Government Areas, including in the RAPAD region: Barcaldine, Barcoo, Blackall-Tambo, Boulia, Diamantina, Longreach, Winton.
Find out moreTeams of contractors have been out across the west fixing wild dog exclusion fences that were flattened in floods last year. Support is still available for landholders who have an application underway or are yet to apply.
Read moreA region-wide survey opens this week across Central Western Queensland, giving families the chance to put on the record a childcare shortage that national data cannot see. The Regional Childcare Access Survey, a joint initiative of the RAPAD ECEC Alliance and The Future Care Project.
Read moreThe Remote Area Planning and Development Board has welcomed the return of Texas energy professionals to Queensland last month, supporting their recent visit to Flinders Shire alongside Flinders Shire Council and the Local Government Association of Queensland.
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We are a close and collaborative team passionate about Central West Queensland’s future and the region’s opportunities.
We have decades of investment and operational experience and have a successful track record for developing for profit entities and delivering state and federal government programs.
Learn moreFind out more RAPAD news, projects, reports or strategic documents in our publications.
View allThe Strategic Plan sets out RAPADs strategic direction and focus between 2022-2025.
Read moreA comprehensive investigation to better understand the current and future energy landscape for the CWQ region.
Read moreWe’re working to understand how creative arts activities contribute to the vitality, wellbeing and sustainability of communities. Projects include Woven Stories and CWQ Grow Your Own – Arts, Cultural and Creative Workforce Plan.
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