Recovery Information

Housing assistance including mortgage relief loans, bond loans and rental grants.
Transport and motoring assistance including vehicle registration assistance.
The Community Recovery Online Portal for applying online for financial assistance.
Local emergency relief providers and counselling services or the Community Recovery Hotline on 1800 173 349 for emotional stress or personal financial hardship.
Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment and Disaster Recovery Allowance from Services Australia.
Natural disasters can affect your mental health. If you need help contact:
- Lifeline (lifeline.org.au)
- Beyond Blue (beyondblue.org.au)
- Kids Helpline (kidshelpline.com.au).

For Primary Producers

Agriculture Disaster Impact Survey to report damage or losses to your farm. You need to include date-stamped photos, which most phone cameras do automatically.
Rural Financial Counselling Services provide free financial counselling to farmers, fishing enterprises, forestry growers, harvesters and related businesses experiencing, or at risk of, financial hardship.
Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants, Disaster Assistance and Essential Working Capital Loans are available through Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority.
Freight subsidies are available.

Small Business Disaster Hub for resources to prevent, prepare, respond, recover and communicate so you can get back to business sooner when disaster hits.
Complete the natural disaster business survey to advise what assistance you may need.
Free mentoring help with your businesses’ recovery
Free one-on-one wellness coaching
Free small business financial counselling
Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants, Disaster Assistance and Essential Working Capital Loans are available through Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority.
The Department of Employment, Small Business and Training’s Small Business Exceptional Assistance Grant provides support to small businesses in defined disaster areas.
The Department of Tourism and Sport is offering funds for Building Resilient Tourism Infrastructure, Tourism Recovery Assistance, and Tourism Exceptional Assistance Grants.

The Sport and Recreation Disaster Recovery Program provides up to $5000 in funding for eligible items.