Logan Ratepayers Association Inc. ABN 70 918 800 404

06/10/2026

Here is the link if you would like to watch the Special Council Meeting which was held at 2 pm today:

To view the agenda and subsequent minutes for this meeting, please ...

04/10/2026

01/10/2026

Logan City Council is slashing its flood mapping overlay by 56.8%, taking 25,000+ homes out of flood zones.

Find out what it means for your home:
🔗 https://brnw.ch/21x64ZH

29/09/2026

The Logan flood mapping action group now has over 7,900 followers and continues to grow. One year on from its inception, what better time to reflect on what it has achieved with the support of the Logan Ratepayers Association. The group has :
* relentlessly asked the hard questions that counsellors seem unable or unwilling to ask
* undertaken extensive research into the Logan flood modelling,
* arranged community meetings, created videos and posts to inform, educate and update the community on developments
* identified, articulated and highlighted ongoing flaws in the current flood mapping
* identified and communicated options available to those affected for immediate and future action
* secured a commitment from Logan City Council to remove PMF (Probable Maximum Flood) from the flood risk overlays, providing financial relief for tens of thousands of property owners. This was dubbed in the media “a win for people power”.
* secured a commitment from Logan City Council to review “dry creek” mapping, potentially removing flood overlays from thousands of properties.
Well done and thank you to all who have contributed in any way to this effort in the past and who continue to fight for fairness in relation to the Logan flood mapping.
We value your contributions and stand united in our desire to see these maps corrected so that they represent a reasonable and more accurate reflection of flood risk for individual properties in Logan.

22/09/2026

Myth Buster Post

Myth

LRA is opposed to flood mapping and is trying to obscure likely flood scenarios

Fact

LRA is not opposed to flood mapping. We are opposed to mapping rare and unlikely flood scenarios (1:2000 year) using inaccurate data because:
-it is misleading and potentially dangerous in the event of an actual future major flood event (safe spaces mapped as risk areas).
-it assumes a lack of flood mitigation measures (no comprehensive flood mitigation plan).
-it is unjustifiably preventing ratepayers from obtaining and/or affording flood insurance
-it is creating unnecessary and, in some cases, unaffordable costs associated with development applications.
-it is unfairly creating financial stress, uncertainty and insecurity around property ownership and transactions

13/09/2026

Has anyone asked their local Councillor if they knew our flood risk map didn’t have to go all the way to the PMF?

Council keeps saying they “had to map to the PMF” because of the State Planning Policy.

But when they say that...they are referring to a flood STUDY. Flood studies must consider the full range of flood events, which means it must include the Probable Maximum Flood. We have 11 flood studies across Logan.

The risk map is something different. That comes from a risk assessment using the data of all of the flood studies, and a risk matrix to create the FLOOD RISK MAP. This map used for planning and development decisions and what was given to our insurance companies.

But the QLD State guidance does not say the risk map MUST go all the way to the PMF, the highest event it provides as an example is actually only 0.2%!

So when Councillors were told by Council officers “we had to map to the PMF”, did Councillors know they were talking about flood studies?

Or did they think Council officers meant the State was requiring the three coloured flood risk map to go to PMF? And have they read the SPP themselves to now realise this was not the case?

For residents, this is the map we think of when we hear the flood map had to go to PMF, because the risk map is the map that matters. That is the map affecting properties, planning, development, and insurance and property values.

So maybe now is the time we should all be asking our local Councillors:

When you voted for the TLPI, did you know the State Planning Policy did not require Logan’s flood risk map to go all the way to the PMF?

Ask them. And let us know what they say!

02/09/2026

So what are we all still waiting for?
-The PMF (Probable Maximum Flood) to be removed from the Logan flood mapping (yes, we are still paying insurance based on a 1:2000 year risk!)
-Dry creeks and overland flow to be removed from the Logan flood mapping
-Ground levels to be current and accurate for all areas of Logan
-An insurance map based on current climate AND current development.
We will not give up the fight until these fundamental flaws in the flood mapping have been satisfactorily addressed.