GET READY QUEENSLAND WEEK
When: 6 to 12 October 2025
Where: Across Queensland!
What: Helping Queenslanders Get Ready and prepare for severe weather
Severe weather impacts the lives of all Queenslanders, affecting how we live, work, move and connect in our community. Get Ready Queensland Week is an important opportunity for our whole state to help Queenslanders take steps to prepare their family, property and community for disaster events.
Did you know that while 59% of Queenslanders say they have a plan, only 19% have it written down?
That’s why this year we are encouraging ALL Queenslanders to make their plan, using our super simple online household severe weather plan.
Show your support and Get Ready!
This Stakeholder and Supporter Kit will help you promote Get Ready Queensland Week with resources you can share in your community, local government area and workplace!
Let’s Get Ready Queensland!
SUNCORP: PROUD SPONSOR OF
GET READY QUEENSLAND WEEK
Suncorp is the official sponsor of GRQ Week and Queensland’s largest annual disaster preparedness GRQ campaign. Suncorp’s sponsorship plays a vital role in enabling GRQ Week to reach households across the state with consistent and practical messages that encourage people to take simple steps to get ready for disasters. Maintaining a clear connection between GRQ and Suncorp, as the official GRQ Week sponsor, allows for a consistent approach between state-wide and local activities, and ensures communities receive unified messaging from trusted and respected partners. | 
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How to get involved
Register your event
GRQ will promote your locally led events through the website online event calendar, helping to boost visibility, encourage community participation, and showcase the great work happening across the state.
Attend an event or follow along online
Community lies at the heart of disaster resilience. During Get Ready Queensland week, local governments and emergency services work together to host local events, encouraging Queenslanders to Get Ready.
Our ambassador Jonathan Thurston will be attending events around the state, and you can follow along on our socials!
The Get Ready Queensland Week Events Page is a great place to find out what’s on in your local area.
Visit the Get Ready Queensland website, Facebook page and Instagram.
How to promote Get Ready Queensland Week
Spread the word!
- Share information about the online form
- Include a story in your subscriber e-newsletter
- Share a poster in your workplace
- Light up your building maroon, the colour of Get Ready Queensland.
Share on Social Media
Get Ready Queensland Week is a great opportunity for all Queenslanders to prepare for extreme weather. Sharing information on social media can help encourage your friends and family to Get Ready also.
Below are some ideas for personalised content:
- Share photos of how your family, business, community, or school is Getting Ready.
- Share a personal story about how severe weather has impacted you or your community, and why it’s important to be prepared.
- Share tips for preparedness in your community.
- Post images or footage of local Get Ready Queensland events.
- Interview experts in Disaster Management.
Key Messages
- Queenslanders are being urged to prepare for extreme weather as part of Get Ready Queensland Week 2025.
- Get Ready Queensland Week is from 6 to 12 October 2025, a time for Queenslanders to take steps to prepare their family and property against disaster events.
- Local events will occur statewide across the week, encouraging Queenslanders to prepare for extreme weather.
- The Get Ready Queensland Week Events Page on the Get Ready Queensland website is a great place to find out what’s on in your community.
- During Get Ready Queensland Week 2025, we’re spreading the message: ‘Weather doesn’t plan, but you can’. For all Queenslanders, planning for extreme weather is important.
- Research shows people who are prepared for severe weather recover faster than those who rely solely on outside help.
- It’s easy to be prepared by following Get Ready Queensland’s 3 Steps to Get Ready:
- Know your risk - impacts from extreme weather are different for everyone. Learn about what can happen where you live and how it could affect your family.
- Make a plan - make a household emergency plan so your family knows what to do and who to contact in extreme weather. It only takes a few minutes and will give you peace of mind that your information is in one place.
- Pack a kit - grab a few extra items next time you are at the supermarket to make an emergency kit.
- Get Ready Queensland has an online severe weather emergency planning tool to make it easier for Queenslanders to Get Ready. You can make a severe weather emergency plan today at https://plan.getready.qld.gov.au/.
- Get Ready Queensland has plenty of helpful information, resources and tips available at www.getready.qld.gov.au.
Example Newsletter Content
Get Ready Queensland Week is coming soon! Launching 6 October 2025, Get Ready Queensland Week is a year-round, all hazards, resilience building initiative encouraging Queenslanders to prepare now for any type of extreme weather. Local events will occur statewide across the week, encouraging Queenslanders to Get Ready. The Get Ready Queensland Week Events Page on the Get Ready Queensland website is a great place to find out what’s on in your community. Get Ready with us! This Get Ready Queensland Week, people all over the state are preparing for extreme weather, and you should too. Queensland is impacted by more natural disasters than anywhere else in Australia, so households need to be ready for anything. It’s easy to be prepared by following Get Ready Queensland’s 3 Steps to Get Ready:
Research shows people who are prepared for severe weather recover faster than those who rely solely on outside help. Use the Get Ready Queensland online severe weather emergency planning tool to make it easy to Get Ready. You can make a severe weather emergency plan today at https://plan.getready.qld.gov.au/. Get Ready Queensland has plenty of helpful information, resources, and tips available at www.getready.qld.gov.au. |
Get Ready Queensland Household Emergency Plan
| “Weather doesn’t plan, but you can” The Get Ready Queensland Severe Weather Household Emergency Plan is here to help Queenslanders prepare for extreme weather. The online form makes it simple to plan for an emergency, by knowing what to do and who to contact. It only takes a few minutes and will provide Queenslanders with peace of mind. Once the online plan has been completed, residents can download a PDF of their plan, including checklists and useful resources and tips, that they can utilise for their disaster planning, which can be saved, printed and shared with family or friends. The online form can be accessed at https://plan.getready.qld.gov.au/. |
How to contact the Get Ready Queensland team
Email getready@qra.qld.gov.au
Website getready.qld.gov.au
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/GetReadyQueensland
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/getreadyqueensland
Resources Available
This year we have a range of useful resources available which you can access via the links below.
Social Media
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- Right click the image, select "Save As" to download to your pc.
- Don't forget to tag us in your post and use the hashtag - #GRQWK25
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| It’s Get Ready Queensland Week from the 6th -12th October 2025. From The Cape to Cameron Corner, Queenslanders are preparing for extreme weather, and you should be too. Before the severe weather season strikes, make sure you talk to your family and friends and do these top three things: For more information, head to https://www.getready.qld.gov.au/ #GRQWK25 #GetReadyQueensland #ShareYourTips #Flooding |
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| This Get Ready Week, take the time to know the severe weather that may affect where you live, work, move and play. In the last two years, severe weather has disrupted the everyday lives of 76% Queenslanders. Whether you have lived in the same suburb your entire life, or have just moved to Queensland, it’s easy to learn about the risk of extreme weather. Learn more at: https://www.getready.qld.gov.au/getting-ready/know-your-risk #GRQWK25 #GetReadyQueensland #Flooding #Storms #Cyclones #Bushfires #KnowYourRisk |
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| Get Ready Week is all about getting ready for severe weather and having a Household Severe Weather Emergency Plan means everyone knows what to do if the weather turns. Think about: If you need help making an emergency plan, ask a friend or neighbour to help. Get yours https://plan.getready.qld.gov.au/ #GRQWK25 #Flooding #Storms #Cyclones #Bushfires #MakeAPlan |
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| While 59% of Queenslanders have an emergency plan, alarmingly, only 19% have taken the time to write it down. An up-to-date plan that accounts for all aspects of your life, will help protect you and the ones you love during extreme weather. Get started today! https://plan.getready.qld.gov.au/ #GRQWK25 #MakeAPlan #GetReadyQueensland |
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| This Get Ready Queensland Week, be prepared to ensure the safety of yourself and your household during severe weather. Now is an excellent time to prepare or top up your emergency kit to keep you safe and comfortable for at least three days. Get the Get Ready Queensland Checklist and find out what to pack in your emergency kit - https://www.getready.qld.gov.au/emergencykit #GRQWK25 #PackAKit #GetReadyQueensland |
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| Get Ready Queensland Week is a time to get your home ready for cyclones, severe storms and flooding. Depending on where you live will determine what actions you should take to prepare your home. Home maintenance ideas include: For more information, head to: https://www.getready.qld.gov.au/getting-ready/cyclones #GRQWK25 #ProtectYourHome #GetReadyQueensland |
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| We surveyed 1500 Queenslanders about how they prepare their homes for severe weather. • 72% regularly maintain their roof and gutters How do you clean up in comparison? For tips on how to protect your home, head to https://www.getready.qld.gov.au/getting-ready/protect-your-home #GRQWK2524 #ProtectYourHome #GetReadyQueensland #Cleanup |
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| When you’re busy going about life, checking the weather isn’t always front of mind. To find out more, head to https://www.getready.qld.gov.au/alerts-and-warnings/bureau-meteorology-weather-warnings #GRQWK25 #Flooding #Storms #Cyclones #Bushfires #MakeAPlan #GetReadyQueensland |
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| Get Ready Queensland Week is a great opportunity to get to know your neighbours. When severe weather strikes, they are often the first port of call. Pour a cuppa and have a chat, or better yet, invite them along to a local Get Ready Queensland Week event. This is a great opportunity to get to know your neighbours and community because when sever weather strikes, your neighbours may be the closest help available. https://www.getready.qld.gov.au/ #GRQWK25 #CommunityConnect #GetReadyQueensland |
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| This Get Ready Queensland Week, if you are a business owner, think about what you'd do in the event of severe weather and how quick you can get back to “business as usual” should a crisis or severe weather occur. To find out more about how to keep your business operating both during and after severe weather, head to: https://www.getready.qld.gov.au/get-prepared/business #GRQWK25 #SmallBusinessQld #BusinessQueensland #SevereWeather #GetReadyQueensland |
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| Look after your animals in severe weather. Family pets and livestock may stress and not be the most cooperative during severe weather. A simple Pet Emergency Plan keeps them safe and keeps you calm. Talk to the kids about your Pet Severe Weather Emergency Plan and how they can help keep your family pet safe and calm. To create yours, head to https://www.getready.qld.gov.au/pets #GRQWK25 #RSPCA #SevereWeather #GetReadyQueensland |
Contact us
If you have any questions please get in touch with the Get Ready Queensland team at: GetReady@qra.qld.gov.au
Social Media
Use the posts above or share one of ours. Don’t forget to tag us!
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