Deadline: 1 August 2025
The Building Resilient Tourism Infrastructure Fund: North Queensland Tropical Low 2025 is provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-state Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) to support the tourism industry in areas impacted by the North Queensland Tropical Low event 29 January to 28 February 2025 to build their resilience to future natural disaster events through tailored infrastructure solutions.
Funding Information
- Total funding of $4 million is available with individual grants from a minimum of $30,000 up to a maximum of $250,000 (excluding GST) offered for eligible projects. All projects must reach practical completion by 31 March 2027.
Uses of the Fund
- Funding may be utilised for solutions and mitigation initiatives, including flood prevention works and the construction of new infrastructure such as levees and retaining walls. It can also support the purchase of new plant, equipment, or systems designed to minimise the risk of damage to assets, as well as the installation of alternative power sources, such as solar power with battery storage.
Eligible Costs
- Are those costs directly associated with the delivery of the eligible project, are included in the Project Plan and associated budget such as:
- All site works required as part of the construction.
- Construction-related labour including external Project Management costs.
- Purchase of materials and supplies, and equipment hire. Purchase and installation of new systems and equipment.
- Costs of obtaining and final approvals, permits and certifications.
Ineligible Costs
- Ineligible project costs are those not directly associated with the delivery of the eligible project and may be considered routine maintenance and/or operational costs of the business.
- Ineligible project costs not funded include the following:
- Activities that have commenced before the grant has been approved.
- Works considered as routine or annual maintenance of existing infrastructure and/or repairs of items and equipment damaged by the weather events.
- Purchase of land or buildings.
- Purchase of assets such as equipment or upgrades to existing assets that will not be owned and/or controlled by an eligible applicant e.g. owned by an external organisation.
- Wages and salaries for an applicant’s employees e.g. staff or business consultants
- Feasibility studies, business cases or similar activities.
- Marketing activities such as websites, traditional and digital marketing, subscriptions or contract fees to third party marketing distributors.General business administration, accounting or operating costs.
- Projects that do not align to the intent of the BRTINQ Fund.
- Costs that are reimbursable under other funding sources (e.g. insurance, alternative disaster relief measures, and costs recouped through sale of salvaged assets).
Eligible Projects
- The BRTINQ Fund will support eligible infrastructure projects that improve resilience and functionality of at-risk infrastructure, and also support initiatives to improve organisational resilience:
- With regard to local disaster risk.
- In accordance with current knowledge and practices for mitigating disaster impact.
- In accordance with changing recovery needs.
Eligibility Criteria
- The BRTINQ Fund is designed to support increased resilience for established tourism businesses in Queensland that were impacted by the North Queensland Tropical Low from 29 January to 28 February 2025.
- Under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangement, businesses must have been engaged in tourism operations at the time of the event and operate within one of the defined disaster affected Local Government Authority areas:
- To be eligible to apply for BRTINQ funding an organisation must:
- have an established operating base in Queensland in one of the defined LGAs
- operate a business with a primary tourism focus (per ANZSIC definition)
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
- be registered for GST at the time of the defined event
- have evidence of ownership or property owners’ consent
- In addition, applicant organisations must be one of the following:
- a tourism related private sector business e.g. a for-profit entity
- a tourism related not-for-profit organisation e.g. community organisation.
For more information, visit DETSI.
