Exceptional Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants Program (Australia)

Grants of up to $75,000 are available for affected producers following Tropical Cyclone Jasper, associated rainfall and flooding, 13 – 28 December 2023, to hire or purchase equipment and materials, clean up, remove debris, replace fencing and other costs associated with the recovery process.

Funding Information

• The maximum grant amount is $75,000 and can be accessed through the following:
  • Initial application/s up to the total amount of $10,000 is available to support an initial claim. Evidence of the direct damage is required such as photographs and quotations, tax invoices or official receipts.
  • Subsequent application/s up to the total amount of $65,000 is available to support subsequent claims for which full evidence of payment is required.

How can the assistance help you?

• Eligible clean-up, reinstatement activities and emergency measures include:
  • Equipment and materials to undertake clean-up
  • Additional labour costs (above and beyond normal wage expenditure i.e. day-to-day staffing)
  • Disposing of damaged goods and injured or dead livestock, including associated costs
  • Repairs to buildings (other than housing)
  • Fencing not covered by any other assistance
  • Reconditioning/repairing essential plant and equipment
  • Salvaging crops, grain and feeds
  • Purchase or hire/lease costs for equipment essential to the immediate resumption of the business
  • Payment for tradespeople to conduct safety inspections
  • Essential repairs to premises and internal fittings that is not covered by insurance.

Defined Disaster Area

• To be eligible for assistance your property must be located in one of the defined disaster areas:
  • Cairns Regional Council
  • Cassowary Coast Regional Council
  • Cook Shire Council
  • Douglas Shire Council
  • Hinchinbrook Shire Council
  • Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council
  • Mareeba Shire Council
  • Tablelands Regional Council
  • Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council
  • Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council

Eligibility Criteria

• Meet the definition of a primary producer as outlined in the Guidelines.
• Hold an Australian Business Number (ABN) and have held that ABN at the time of the eligible disaster.
• Have a primary production enterprise that is located in the defined area for the eligible disaster and has suffered direct damage as a result of the eligible disaster.
• Have been engaged in carrying on the primary production enterprise when affected by the eligible disaster.
• Be primarily responsible for meeting the costs they wish to claim in the application.
• Have evidence of damage (e.g., photos, videos, etc.).
• Intend to re-establish their primary production enterprise in the defined disaster area for the eligible disaster.
• Have sustained direct physical damage to their business or property as a result of the event.

For more information, visit QRIDA.