Funding for Tasmanian primary producers impacted by the October 2022 severe storm event

Funding is available to assist with clean-up and reinstatement costs for Tasmanian primary producers directly impacted by the October 2022 severe weather event.

Overview

2 tiers of funding are available to help pay for clean-up and reinstatement costs:

• Tier 1 – funding of $2,500 to support initial costs
• Tier 2 – subsequent funding of $22,500 to support ongoing costs.

Assistance will be available for eligible impacted small businesses and primary producers in the 17 local government areas hardest hit by the severe weather:

• Break O’Day
• Burnie
• Central Coast
• Central Highlands
• Circular Head
• Devonport
• Dorset
• Flinders
• George Town
• Kentish
• Latrobe
• Launceston
• Meander Valley
• Northern Midlands
• Waratah-Wynyard
• West Coast
• West Tamar.

Check if you can apply

To be elligible, applicants must:

• be a primary producer
• devote part of their labour to the primary production enterprise
• derive at least 50% of their gross income from primary production
• hold an Australian business number (ABN) and have held that ABN at the time of the disaster
• have a primary production enterprise located in an eligible area
• have suffered direct damage as a result of a disaster
• have been engaged in carrying on the primary production enterprise when effected by the disaster
• intend to re-establish the primary production enterprise in the same community, region or sector requested
• be primarily responsible for meeting the costs claimed in the application
• provide satisfactory evidence of loss or damage where necessary.