Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan ambaliyar ruwa da ta haifar da mummunar lalacewar Queensland
, Gillard ya ba da shawarar wani haraji na wucin gadi wanda zai tara dala biliyan 1.8 kuma ya fara aiki daga 1 ga Yuli 2011. Harajin zai taimaka wajen biyan kudin sake gina hanyoyi, layin dogo da gadoji a yankunan da ambaliyar ta lalata kwanan nan. Tare da gwamnatin 'yan tsiraru, ta bukaci hudu daga cikin' yan majalisa shida da kuma dukkan 'yan majalisar dattijai, tare da' yan majalisa, Tony Crook, Bob Katter, Andrew Wilkie da Adam Bandt, suna goyon bayan haraji. A majalisar dattijai, duk bangarorin da ke gefen (senators Green, Steve Fielding da Nick Xenophon) sun goyi bayan ambaliyar ruwa kuma sun wuce. A cikin watan Fabrairun Newspoll, ya nuna cewa kashi 55 cikin dari sun goyi bayan sabon ambaliyar ruwa.