Funding
QCoast2100
On 2 June 2016, the former Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection, the Honourable Dr Steven Miles MP and the former LGAQ President, Margaret de Wit, officially launched the QCoast2100 Program. A Queensland Government commitment to provide $13.234 million to assist councils advance coastal hazard adaptation planning by developing a Coastal Hazard Adaptation Strategy (CHAS).
The Program represented an unprecedented opportunity for local governments impacted by coastal hazards to get on the front foot in adaptation planning to implement cost-effective mitigation measures over the medium and long term, plan for development and growth, budget for higher costs, collaborate regionally and seek investment opportunities.
QCoast2100 Round 2
In November 2021, the Queensland Government provided an additional $3 million to expand the program to enable eligible local governments to further develop and implement actions identified in their CHAS.
Round 2 funding built on the success of the QCoast2100 Program by focussing on implementing actions identified in completed strategies. The program supported councils in taking the next step in planning for required on-ground works as well as commence ‘shovel ready’ adaptation activities.
The funding also assisted councils who were yet to commence or who had not yet completed a CHAS under Round 1 and included bespoke support for multiple First Nations councils.
QCoast2100 Round 3
In April 2023, the Queensland Government provided an additional $4 million to support local governments to protect their coastal communities.
The focus of Round 3 was to develop and expand on the implementation of works and actions recommended in a councils CHAS.
QCoast2100 Round 4
In February 2025, the Queensland Government announced an additional $6 million from the Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) through their Efficiencies Funding Program (EFP) to provide for the continued implementation of coastal hazard adaptation works and actions for disaster mitigation.
This new funding round brings the total of QCoast2100 funding to $26.2 million and extends the life of the program to 30 June 2027.
Approved Funding
Coastal Hazard Adaptation Strategies
| Councils |
CHAS Phases |
Approved Funding Amount |
| Brisbane City Council |
1 to 6 |
$380,000 |
| Bundaberg Regional Council |
1 to 8 |
$499,227 |
| Burdekin Shire Council |
1 to 8 |
$470,443 |
| Burke Shire Council |
1 to 8 |
$234,011 |
| Cairns Regional Council |
1 to 8 |
$514,333 |
| Carpentaria Shire Council |
1 to 8 |
$220,992 |
| Cassowary Coast Regional Council |
1 to 8 |
$410,555 |
| City of Gold Coast |
1 to 8 |
$509,840 |
| Cook Shire Council |
1 to 8 |
$459,766 |
| Douglas Shire Council |
1 to 8 |
$447,447 |
| Fraser Coast Regional Council |
1 to 8 |
$505,545 |
| Gladstone Regional Council |
1 to 8 |
$423,000 |
| Gympie Regional Council |
1 to 8 |
$445,091 |
| Hinchinbrook Shire Council |
1 to 8 |
$441,765 |
| Isaac Regional Council |
1 to 8 |
$505,370 |
| Livingstone Shire Council |
1 to 8 |
$477,723 |
| Logan City Council |
2 |
$33,325 |
| Mackay Regional Council |
1 to 8 |
$376,944 |
| Mapoon ASC + Napranum ASC + Weipa TA |
1 to 8 |
$596,599 |
| Moreton Bay Regional Council |
1 to 8 |
$500,000 |
| Noosa Shire Council |
1 to 8 |
$490,000 |
| Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council |
1 to 8 |
$452,479 |
| Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council |
1 & 2 |
$40,166 |
| Redland City Council |
1 to 8 |
$434,253 |
| Sunshine Coast Regional Council |
1 to 8 |
$498,600 |
| Torres Shire Council |
1 to 8 |
$639,540 |
| Torres Strait Island Regional Council |
1 to 8 |
$822,563 |
| Townsville City Council |
1 to 8 |
$430,000 |
| Whitsunday Regional Council |
1 to 8 |
$513,500 |
| Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council |
1 to 8 |
$435,600 |
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30 |
$13,208,677 |
Round 2: Implementation & First Nations Studies
| Councils |
Project |
Approved Funding Amount |
| Bundaberg Regional Council |
Bargara SEMP Implementation Study |
$164,000 |
| Burdekin Shire Council |
Wunjunga/Beachmount Dune Protection Works |
$75,000 |
| Cairns Regional Council |
Risk analysis of sea level rise and storm inundation on historic and closed coastal landfills. |
$60,000 |
| Douglas Shire Council |
Community Coastal Rehabilitation & Education Project |
$188,000 |
| Gladstone Regional Council |
Seventeen Seventy coastal hazard resilience and adaptation plan |
$155,800 |
| Gold Coast (City of) |
Coomera River Foreshore Stabilisation Project |
$162,400 |
| Gympie Regional Council |
Cooloola Coast – Community Coastal Monitoring App |
$70,000 |
| Gympie Regional Council |
Cooloola Coast foreshore rehabilitation – multiple locations |
$20,000 |
| Gympie Regional Council |
Crab Creek Erosion Remediation Design |
$65,000 |
| Moreton Bay Regional Council |
Dohles Rocks Seawall Options Analysis |
$50,000 |
| Noosa Council |
Integrated Coastal Management Solutions for Open Coasts |
$100,000 |
| Noosa Council |
‘Living Foreshores Noosa’ Phase 1: Designing for Resilience |
$100,000 |
| Noosa Council |
Prioritising Coastal Wetland Restoration |
$15,000 |
| NPARC |
New Mapoon, Seisia, Umagico and Injinoo SEMP+ |
$135,800 |
| Redland City Council |
Redlands Coast Living Shorelines – Pilot Program Phase 1 and 2
(Concept Development and Detailed Design) |
$199,080 |
| Sunshine Coast Council |
Collaborative Design of Special Area Adaptation Plans (SAAP) |
$126,150 |
| Sunshine Coast Council |
Pumicestone Parkland Adaptation Pilot |
$300,000 |
* Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council
* Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council
* Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire Council
* Mornington Shire Council
* Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council
* Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council |
First Nations Coastal Hazard Study |
$312,188 |
Round 3: Implementation & continuation of First Nations Studies
| Councils |
Project |
Approved Funding Amount |
| Bundaberg Regional Council |
Bargara Beach Nourishment |
$680,000 |
| Cassowary Coast Regional Council |
Investigation of Sand shifter/back pass system development for tropical beaches for the Cassowary Coast |
$66,000 |
| Cassowary Coast Regional Council |
Implementation of key actions identified in Cassowary Coast Coastal Hazard Adaption Strategy- Coastal Protection using Sand Nourishment and relocation |
$263,620 |
| City of Gold Coast |
Implementation and delivery of nature-based responses for coastal erosion hotspots in high value conservation areas (Regatta Waters Park, Coomera) |
$486,794 |
| Gladstone Regional Council |
Seventeen Seventy Sewerage Rising Main Relocation |
$700,000 |
| Hinchinbrook Shire Council |
Lucinda Beach Nourishment and Johnson Park Rockwall Project |
$300,000 |
| Mapoon Aboriginal Shire Council |
Mapoon Coastal Revegetation |
$225,000 |
| Moreton Bay Regional Council |
Scarborough and Dohles Rocks (Griffin) Trial Local Resilience Plans |
$116,000 |
| Noosa Council |
Living Foreshores Hilton Esplanade Phases 1 and 2 |
$466,330 |
| Redland City Council |
Living Shorelines - Construction x 2 Pilot Projects |
$469,028 |
* Mornington Shire Council
* Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council |
First Nations Coastal Hazard Study - continuation |
$161,982 |
Round 4: Implementation
| Councils |
Project |
Approved Funding Amount |
| Bundaberg Regional Council |
Turtle Park and Bargara Beach - Beach Nourishment |
$941,535 |
| Burdekin Shire Council |
Dune Repair and Stabilization – Alva and Wunjunga |
$235,000 |
| Cassowary Coast Regional Council (Cairns / Cassowary / Gladstone / Townsville / Whitsunday) |
Coastal Climate Adaptation Taskforce (CCAT) – Shoreline Benchmarking & Monitoring Project |
$136,500 |
| Douglas Shire Council |
Shoreline Erosion Management Plan Development |
$118,500 |
| Fraser Coast Regional Council & Moreton Bay (City of) |
Tidal flooding backflow prevention device (end of pipe) review |
$68,500 |
| Fraser Coast Regional Council |
Wave & current modelling in Hervey Bay |
$158,000 |
| Gold Coast (City of) |
Dune Shield |
$148,099 |
| Livingstone Shire Council |
Emu Park Surf Lifesaving Club Seawall Project - Design Proposal |
$127,400 |
| Livingstone Shire Council |
Great Keppel Island Putney Beach Erosion Protection (SEMP only) |
$170,170 |
| Livingstone Shire Council |
Strategic foreshores management plans (Muskers Beach SEMP) |
$109,200 |
| Moreton Bay (City of) |
Charlish Park Seawall Stage 1, Redcliffe |
$1,000,000 |
| Moreton Bay (City of) |
Godwin Beach Seawall Renewal Options Assessment |
$34,800 |
| Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council |
Restoring Injinoo’s Shoreline: Erosion Management and nature-based solutions - School |
$288,959 |
| Sunshine Coast Council |
Diamond Head Seawall Construction |
$1,000,000 |
| Torres Strait Island Regional Council |
Ugar Native Village Living Shoreline Protection |
$574,195 |