Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced a senior Army officer will be Queensland’s flood recovery coordinator.

Major General Jake Ellwood has told Scott Emerson on 4BC Drive that his background in coordinating the response for the Black Summer bushfires will be helpful in the recovery from the flood’s destruction.

“The devastation as we see here for lives that have been turned upside down, it’s a useful background,” he said. 

“I don’t look at each situation as different, and this is yet another different situation which requires different situations.”

Major General Ellwood said it’s important to get to work straight away.

“If you look at the impacts of people, it really is significant. I think the key is we need to look at the release for people who have been affected, but at the same time, we need to turn our eye to recovery,” he said.

Press PLAY below to hear the plan for the state’s recovery and Scott’s comments on the political situation of the crisis.