Queensland floods class action settlement administration

Overview

In May 2021, the NSW Supreme Court approved a partial settlement with Sunwater and the State of Queensland, who are two of the three defendants. The value of the partial settlement is $440 million and covers 50 per cent of the liability for the losses suffered by group members.

The Court has appointed Maurice Blackburn as the Administrator of the Settlement Scheme. The Settlement Scheme (the Scheme) has been approved by the Court and establishes who is eligible to receive compensation and how the settlement will be distributed. The Scheme is designed to provide a fair and reasonable process for all participants.

The overall process for distributing the settlement can be broken down into three key stages: Data collection and confirmation, Loss assessment and Payments.  

Timing of Settlement Payments

We are pleased to advise that all claims have been assessed and the first final payments were made to 4302 claimants on 22 August 2023 and will continue to be made on a rolling basis. These payments to remaining claimants will be made once:

• Any outstanding administrative matters are resolved to progress these claims to the final payment stage; and
• We receive and verify claimants’ bank account details.

Please note: Payments to domestic bank accounts may take up to 5 days to appear in the nominated account and payments to international bank accounts may take up to 14 days to appear in the nominated account.

After final payments are completed, we will take steps to formally close the Queensland Floods Class Action settlement administration in accordance with the Settlement Scheme.

We would like to thank all claimants for their participation in the Queensland Floods Class Action.

Settlement administration process

Read a summary of the settlement administration process here, or learn more about each stage of the process at the links below.

Key documents

If you are an Unregistered Insurer, please download and complete this spreadsheet and send it, together with supporting documents, to us at queenslandflood@mauriceblackburn.com.au.

In the instance you do not have receipts or other documentation for 'high value items', please download and complete this statutory declaration to list and describe all items that you wish to prove ownership and loss for.