Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants (Australia)

Deadline: 6-Jan-23

The Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants are available to assist directly impacted small businesses, primary producers and non-profits with the costs of clean-up and reinstatement.

Funding Information

• Primary Producer: Grants of up to $75,000 are available for affected producers following Southern Queensland Flooding, 6 – 20 May 2022 to hire or purchase equipment and materials, clean up, remove debris, replace fencing and other costs associated with the recovery process. Producers should take photographs of the direct damage to accompany their application/s.
• Business: Grants of up to $50,000 are available for affected small businesses following the Southern Queensland Flooding, 6 – 20 May 2022 to hire or purchase equipment and materials, clean up, remove debris, replace or repair damaged infrastructure and stock and other costs associated with the recovery process. Businesses should take photographs of the direct damage to accompany their application/s.
• Non-Profit Organizations: Grants of up to $50,000 are available for affected non-profit organisations following Southern Queensland Flooding, 6 – 20 May 2022 to hire or purchase equipment and materials, clean up, remove debris, repair or replace damaged infrastructure or goods and other costs associated with the recovery process. Organisations should take photographs of the direct damage to accompany their application/s.

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.

Eligibility Criteria

• Primary Producer
  • To be eligible for an Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Recovery Grant, the applicant must:
    • Be a primary producer;
    • 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 that 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 claimed in the application;
    • For costs relating to 3.1 g) (v), (vi) and (vii) provide satisfactory evidence of the loss of damage; and
    • Intend to re-establish the primary production enterprise in the defined disaster area for the eligible disaster.
  • An applicant may also be eligible for an exceptional circumstances grant if both of the following apply:
    • The applicant’s primary production enterprise is located outside the defined disaster area for the eligible disaster but is carried on at least sometime on a regular basis in the area.
    • Plant or equipment of the primary production enterprise situated in the defined disaster area has been damaged as a result of the eligible disaster.
• Business
  • To be eligible for an exceptional circumstances grant, you must:
    • be a small business owner
    • hold an Australian Business Number (ABN) and have held that ABN at the time of the eligible disaster
    • own a small business located in the defined disaster area for the eligible disaster that has suffered direct damage as a result of the eligible disaster
    • have been engaged in carrying on the small business when affected by the eligible disaster
    • be primarily responsible for meeting the costs claimed in the application and
    • intend to re-establish the small business in the defined disaster area for the eligible disaster.
  • An applicant may also be eligible for an exceptional circumstances grant if both of the following apply:
    • the small business is located outside the defined disaster area for the eligible disaster but is operated at least sometimes on a regular basis in the area; and
    • plant or equipment of the small business situated in the defined disaster area has been damaged as a result of the eligible disaster.
• Non-Profit Organizations
  • To be eligible for an Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Recovery Grant, you as the applicant must:
    • be a non-profit organisation
    • have a non-profit organisation located in the defined area for the eligible disaster and have suffered direct damage as a result of the eligible disaster
    • have been engaged in carrying on the non-profit organisation when affected by the eligible disaster
    • be primarily responsible for meeting the costs claimed in the application
    • be unable to repair or replace assets directly damaged as a result of the eligible disaster from the applicant’s own resources without assistance under the scheme; and
    • intend to re-establish the organisation in the defined disaster area for the eligible disaster.
  • An applicant may also be eligible for an Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Recovery Grant if both of the following apply:
    • The non-profit organisation is located outside the defined disaster area for the eligible disaster but carried on at least sometimes on a regular basis in the area.
    • Plant or equipment of the non-profit organisation situated in the defined disaster area has been damaged as a result of the eligible disaster.

For more information, visit Queensland Government.

For more information, visit https://www.qrida.qld.gov.au/program/extraordinary-disaster-assistance-recovery-grants-southern-queensland-flooding#producer-tab