Another round of spending has been allocated under the federal government’s five-year $1 billion Disaster Ready Fund.

The second round of investments – matched by state and territory governments – will put $387 million into 164 projects aiming to improve resilience and preparedness for natural disasters.

“These projects significantly reduce disaster risk and build long-term resilience in the face of increasing disasters, and are jointly funded with state, territory or local governments,” a statement said.

The funding will help upgrade levees, restore degraded coastlines, deliver mental health training, facilitate cultural burning, install rain gauges, deliver cyclone shelters and improve warning systems.

The Disaster Ready Fund is investing more than $54 million in 41 infrastructure projects, $67 million in 85 systemic risk reduction programs and $75 million across 38 other projects.

Federal Emergency Management Minister Jenny McAllister says half of all local government areas have suffered disasters since 2022, some more than once.

“Our climate is changing, and Australians can expect to experience more intense and more frequent natural disasters,” she said.

The first funding round backed 185 projects.

The latest schemes include a levee upgrade in South Albury, NSW, a new community cyclone shelter in the NT, rain gauges on Victoria’s Goulburn River tributaries and upgrading the flood warning system in the Seymour catchment in Victoria.

A degraded section of the Noosa coastline in Queensland will be restored, and other projects include cultural burning on the Eyre Peninsula in SA, wellbeing training in Tasmania, a cyclone-rated upgrade to the leisure and evacuation centre in Kununurra, WA, and installation of thermal curtains to protect vulnerable ACT homes during heatwaves.

By region, the funding allocation is $83 million for NSW, $79 million for Victoria, $55 million each for Queensland and WA, more than $47 million for SA, $32 million for the NT, $17 million for the ACT and $15 million for Tasmania.

There are 34 projects in Victoria, 29 in Queensland, 27 in NSW, 26 in WA, 18 in SA, 17 in Tasmania, nine in the ACT and four in NT.

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