BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 14 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement:

Published Yesterday at 09:51 AM

Minister for Sport and Racing and Minister for the Olympic and Paralympic Games

The Honourable Tim Mander

Disaster relief payments available to sporting clubs

* Grants of up to $5000 are available to eligible sport and recreation organisations in flood affected areas. * Clubs in impacted regions urged to take up the payments to assist with clean-up and repairs. * Practical disaster recovery resources are available online.

The Crisafulli Government is encouraging not-for-profit sport and recreation organisations impacted by the recent flooding event to apply for immediate relief of up to $5,000 to help them ...