Call for Proposals: Rural Landholder Recovery Grant Scheme (Australia)

The objective of this assistance, provided under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements, is to alleviate landholder distress, repair damage, and reduce hazards and risks to eligible properties not covered by insurance or eligible for other DRFA funding.

Funding Information

• The maximum rebate available is $10,000.
• To support a claim, evidence of the direct damage including photographs, tax invoices and official receipts is required.

Uses of the Funds

• Grants are provided to help pay for the costs of the clean-up and reinstatement of the primary production enterprise. This includes:
  • removing and disposing of flood related debris or damaged goods and materials;
  • removing and disposing of and replacement of dead livestock;
  • repairing or reinstating uninsured, flood damaged sheds, water tanks and water for stock, feed trays or fencing on the property, to pre-disaster standard only (excludes houses);
  • removing and disposing of dangerous trees;
  • repairing primary access and exit to the relevant property;
  • salvaging crops, grain or feed, or purchasing fodder to replace stock lost as a result of the event;
  • reinstatement of access to water for use in the primary production enterprise;
  • engaging a suitably qualified tradesperson to conduct a safety inspection of damage to a property, premises or equipment;
  • purchasing, hiring or leasing equipment or materials to clean a property, premises or equipment;
  • employing a person to clean a property, premises or equipment if:
    • the cost would not ordinarily have been incurred in the absence of an eligible disaster; or
    • the cost exceeds the cost of employing a person to clean the property, premises or equipment that would ordinarily have been incurred in the absence of an eligible disaster;
  • repairing a building or repairing or replacing fittings in a building, if the repair or replacement is essential for resuming operation of the primary production enterprise. (Funding is not available for repairs to a building that is the rural landholders principal place of residence).
  • repairing or restoring fields;
  • repairing or reconditioning essential plant or equipment; and
  • purchasing, hiring or leasing plant, equipment or materials that are essential for immediately resuming operation of the primary production enterprise.

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible for a rebate under the scheme, the applicant must:
  • be the owner, or lessee under a long term lease, of land of at least 10 hectares (24.7 acres) in the defined disaster area on which the applicant operates a primary production enterprise;
  • hold an Australian Business Number (ABN) and have held that ABN at the time of an eligible disaster;
  • have been engaged in carrying on the primary production enterprise when affected by an eligible disaster;
  • in the 2022/23 financial year have earnt at least $20,000 gross income from the primary production enterprise on the affected property;
  • in the 2022/23 financial year have a combined gross off-farm income of no more than $250,000;
  • be primarily responsible for meeting the costs claimed in the application;
  • intend to re-establish the primary production enterprise in the defined disaster area for an eligible disaster; and
  • not have received assistance related to the eligible disaster under the Disaster Assistance Loans Scheme (Primary Producers) or the Special Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants Scheme (Primary Producers) in relation to the eligible disaster.

For more information, visit Australian Government.