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Major real estate network Harcourts has made a strong contribution to the Australian Red Cross in a bid to help flood-affected communities bounce back.
The sum, $41,280.48, was raised through donations from the brand’s corporate team and its offices throughout Australia and New Zealand as a part of the Harcourts Flood Appeal.
With 10 Harcourts offices and their team members inundated by the extreme weather event, the company’s executive director operations Mike Green said it was only natural for the brand to help.
“Ten Harcourts offices and many Harcourts team members and families were also directly impacted and left without a home or severely damaged properties and offices, so it was natural for us to want to do our bit to help out with the recovery,” he stated.
Mr Green recently presented the cheque to the Queensland director of the Australian Red Cross, Collin Sivalingum, alongside Harcourts’ head of people and culture Mitch Green.
On behalf of the network, Mike Green outlined the brand’s hope that “this donation will go a long way to helping people in NSW and QLD to access the assistance they need – whether it be to help them return home, provide financial support or to engage psychosocial support”.
“The intense storms and rainfall across Queensland and NSW caused unprecedented flooding across both states,” Mr Green said, adding that “tens of thousands of homes and businesses were without power or damaged by floodwaters – many remain damaged”.
He concluded that “it was such a hard time for many people and to see communities just band together to help with the recovery effort was just amazing. You always hear about the legendary Australian spirit, our community’s toughness, resilience, and ability to go above and beyond for your neighbour.”
Caused by a significant rain bomb, the February-March 2022 flooding decimated many parts of NSW and South-East Queensland. The wide-reaching weather event is considered one of the worst flooding disasters in recent history and resulted in the NSW state government issuing 35 natural disaster warnings and 19 evacuation orders, forcing tens of thousands to evacuate their homes.
With severe damage caused along the east coast of Australia, from Brisbane right down to Penrith and Liverpool in Sydney’s west and south-west, the Insurance Council of Australia estimates the flood recovery will cost more than $3.35 billion, making it the most expensive flood recovery and fifth-most expensive natural disaster in Australia’s history.
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