Wesfarmers donates $5m to Qld floods

Wesfarmers has announced it will donate $5 million to the Queensland Premier's Flood Relief Appeal.

The donation brings Wesfarmers' total flood relief donations to more than $7.5 million, with an additional $3.4 million collected from customer donations in the company's retail store networks.

Wesfarmers managing director Richard Goyder said the donations recognised the scale of the tragedy and the severe disruptions caused by the floods.

"Wesfarmers has a strong involvement with the people of Queensland, employing nearly 40,000 people in that state through its retail businesses, including Coles, Bunnings, Target, Kmart and Officeworks, as well as its resources, industrial and safety, and insurance divisions," Mr Goyder said in a statement released today.

"Many of our employees have been affected directly or indirectly by this disaster.

"On behalf of the company, I wish to express my deepest condolences to those individuals and families who have been affected by what has been an unprecedented natural disaster."