Back Home Grants
Back Home grants of up to $20,000 are available to support owner/occupiers, landlords and renters to repair their homes and replace essential household items. Click here to check eligibility, get more information, and to apply.
Rental Support Payments
Rental Support Payments for up to 16 weeks are available for flood affected households. Click here to check eligibility, get more information, and to apply.
Disaster Recovery Allowance
The Disaster Recovery Allowance (DRA) provides income support payments to employees, primary producers and sole traders who can demonstrate they have experienced a loss of income as a direct result of the floods in New South Wales.
DRA provides fortnightly payments for up to 13 weeks up to the applicable rate of JobSeeker Payment or Youth Allowance, depending on the person's circumstances.
DRA is available to Australian residents who are 16 years and older.
Click here for more information. Please note we are included in the New South Wales Floods – September 2022 option.
Disaster Recovery Payment
The Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment (AGDRP) is a lump sum payment to help you if you’ve been significantly affected by the current and ongoing New South Wales floods from 14 September 2022 through to November 2022.
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Disaster Relief Grant for individuals
Financial assistance to eligible individuals and families whose homes have been damaged by a natural disaster.
Assistance falls into two categories:
- Essential Household Contents Grants to assist with the cost of re-establishing essential household items considered necessary to maintain a basic standard of living.
- Structural Grants as a contribution toward essential structural repairs to homes for households unable to meet the cost of repairs. The Structural Repair Grants are commonly delivered in the form of either grants to contribute toward essential structural repairs to homes or full rebuilds of property which has been rendered uninhabitable.
Click here for more information or Phone 13 77 88
Disaster Recovery Small Business Grant
Small businesses and not-for-profit organisations affected by ongoing flooding in New South Wales can now apply for recovery grants of up to $50,000, as part of the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
This disaster recovery grant of up to $50,000 is to help pay for the costs of clean-up and reinstatement of a small business or not-for-profit organisation’s operations.
Click here for more information.
Disaster relief loans - Small business
Small businesses who have been directly affected by a declared natural disaster including floods, fires or storm damage, may be eligible for low interest loans of up to $130,000.
This low interest rate loan can help a small business:
- return to its normal level of trading or until the next major income is received within 12 months from the date of disaster
- replace and repair damage caused to your small business and associated improvements not covered by insurance.
Click here for further information.
Disaster Relief Loans for not-for-profits
Voluntary non-profit organisations affected by flooding or storm damage may apply for up to $25,000 in low interest loans.
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Disaster Relief Loans for sporting and recreation clubs
A low-interest rate loan of up to $10,000 is available to meet the costs of restoring essential club facilities, equipment or other assets that were damaged or destroyed.
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Rural Aid assistance
Rural Aid is here to help farmers throughout the year and this includes in times of national, state or local storms and disasters.
Rural Aid can provide support with confidential counselling, fodder, domestic water, financial assistance and also by providing access to volunteers through The Farm Army. Register online at www.ruralaid.org.au or call 1300327624
Registered farmers also have access to the counselling intake line - 1300 175 594. This phone line is staffed by a Rural Aid counsellor between 9am and 5pm AEST, Monday to Friday. Farmers can call to have a chat and the team will work to connect them with an appropriate team member to assist them.
Rural Aid are also providing $500 visa cards for eligible flood impacted farmers. Click here for the eligibility criteria and further information.
Primary Producers
Primary producers affected by ongoing flooding in New South Wales can apply for recovery grants of up to $75,000 as part of the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
The grants are now available for eligible primary producers in the Local Government Areas that have been disaster declared from the most recent storm and flood event.
The assistance is available for the immediate clean-up and recovery costs to repair extensive damage to properties.
A full list of eligible LGAs can be viewed on the NSW Rural Assistance Authority’s (RAA’s) Declared Natural Disasters webpage.
Primary producers are encouraged not to self-assess and should consult with their local Rural Financial Counselling Service or apply for the scheme so that the RAA can determine eligibility.
For more information, or to lodge an application, visit Rural Assistance Authority or call the RAA on 1800 678 593. If you are a farmer or a member of the community requiring an emergency response regarding livestock or animals, call 1800 814 647.
Primary producers directly affected by a declared natural disaster who are in urgent and genuine need of assistance, may also be eligible for low interest loans of up to $130,000.
This low interest rate loan can help a farm business to:
- continue to operate your farm businesses for the next twelve months or until the next income is received
- replace and repair damage caused to the property and associated improvements not covered by insurance.
Click here for more information.
Transport Subsidy
A Natural Disaster Transport Subsidy is available of up to $15,000, for eligible farmers who are affected by a declared natural disaster event to pay for the cost of transporting:
- fodder and/or water to an affected property
- stock to sale or slaughter
- stock to/from agistment.
Click here for more information.
Stamp Duty Relief for replacement of motor vehicles
May be provided on the replacement of motor vehicles written off due to loss caused by a declared disaster. Private and commercial vehicle owners who are comprehensively insured and who and a vehicle written off due to damage caused by a declared disaster that occurred in NSW.
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