The LNP Government has slashed red tape around personal injury insurance arrangements for disaster volunteers.
Fror the first time, an annual WorkCover Queensland contract is now in place, ensuring volunteers are covered whenever they are activated during a declared disaster.
Previously, insurance coverage had to be arranged for each separate disaster event activation, creating unnecessary delays during critical times.
Member for Scenic Rim, Jon Krause said that after a decade of Labor Government, disaster volunteering rates had dropped by 20 per cent.
“This reform is about certainty for the volunteer sector,” he said.
Volunteering Queensland CEO, Jane Hedger, said her organisation had been advocating for an annual WorkCover arrangement for many years.
“This is a gamechanger for us and local councils to safely deploy disaster volunteers,” she said.