On-Farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme NT
Rebates for Northern Territory farmers to buy water infrastructure
Last Updated: 07 July 2021
On-Farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme NT
The On-Farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme provides drought affected livestock farmers with a rebate to help with the costs of new water infrastructure for animal welfare needs.
Close date:
30 Jun 2022.
Application detail:
Applications close 30 June 2022 or when the funding allocation is exhausted, whichever occurs first.
What do you get?
Funding of up to $25,000.
Who is this for?
NT drought affected livestock farmers.
Overview
This rebate may be used to help with the costs of purchasing, upgrading and installing emergency water infrastructure, including:
- pipes, water tanks and troughs
- water pumps
- drilling a new working groundwater bore by an NT licensed driller
- material or equipment necessary to install infrastructure (excluding the purchase of machinery)
- any freight component to purchase and install the equipment
- professional installation costs to install infrastructure.
What are the eligibility criteria?
To be eligible, you must:
- be part of a partnership, company or trust that spends more than 50% of their labour on, and gets more than 50% of their gross income from, a primary production enterprise
- be a property owner, share-farmer or lessee in the grazing industry
- own a property that has been affected by drought
- have not introduced any livestock on to the property during the drought, including agisted livestock
- require water infrastructure for genuine or imminent emergency animal welfare.
How do you apply?
You can find out more about eligibility and how to apply at On-Farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme.
