Funding for QLD small businesses impacted by ex-tropical cyclone Seth, 7 to 10 January 2022

Overview

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 stock, including associated costs
• repairs to buildings (other than housing)
• reconditioning/repairing essential plant and equipment
• 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.

The maximum grant amount is $50,000 and is available through 2 applications:

• An initial amount of up to $10,000 is available to support an initial claim. Evidence of the direct damage such as photographs, quotations, tax invoices and official receipts is required.
• A subsequent amount of up to $40,000 is available to support subsequent claims for which full evidence of payment is required.

What are the eligibility criteria?

To be eligible, you must:

• be a small business owner
• hold an Australian business number (ABN) and have held that ABN at the time of the disaster
• own a small business located in:
  • Bundaberg Regional Council
  • Fraser Coast Regional Council
  • Gympie Regional Council
  • North Burnett Regional Council
  • South Burnett Regional Council
• have been engaged in carrying on the small business when affected by the natural disaster
• intend to re-establish the small business in the same area.

How do you apply?

Find out more about eligibility and how to apply at Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants – Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth (Small Business).