The Queensland Government has announced the formation of an $80 million 'betterment' fund aimed at ending the 'madness of replacing vulnerable infrastructure'  with replicas that are destroyed in flooding.

Local Government, Community Recovery and Resilience Minister David Crisafulli said the fund would change the way councils recovered from natural disasters.

“This is the start of building stronger, more resilient infrastructure,” Mr Crisafulli said.

“It’s time to put an end to the madness of forcing councils to repeatedly replace the same infrastructure in the same place that will be knocked over again the next time it rains.

“We will never flood-proof a state like Queensland but we can rebuild in a better way that will make it easier for communities to bounce back after nature strikes.

Mr Crisafulli said that Queensland will match the $40 million in Federal funding promised under the program to ensure that the full $80 million is rolled out around the state.

“It falls well short of the $200 million fund we had asked for, so we’ll continue to lobby the Federal Government for the shortfall,” Mr Crisafulli said.

“Queensland needs another $60 million from the Federal Government, which we will match."

Applications for funding close 16 April.