Rebates for Victorian farm businesses in East Gippsland and Wellington to buy water infrastructure

The On-Farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme provides drought affected farmers in East Gippsland and Wellington with a rebate to help with the costs of new water infrastructure for livestock or horticultural plantings.

Overview

On-Farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme is available to drought affected farm businesses in East Gippsland and Wellington Local Government Areas. The rebate can be used to invest in on-farm water infrastructure that addresses the needs of grazing livestock or assists in maintaining existing permanent horticultural plantings.

Eligible water infrastructure for grazing livestock, includes:

• purchase and installation of pipes, tanks, troughs and water pumps
• desilting works of existing dams
• drilling new stock water bores and associated power supply e.g. generators
• 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.

Eligible water infrastructure for permanent horticultural planting includes:

• drilling of new groundwater bores
• desilting dams.

What are the eligibility criteria?

To be eligible, you must:

• be a property owner, share-farmer or lessee undertaking grazing livestock production or permanent horticulture
• be registered as a primary producer with the Australian Tax Office with a current Australian business number (ABN)
• be registered for goods and services tax (GST)
• own a property located in an eligible Local Government Area
• earn more than 50% of your gross income from your farm business under normal seasonal circumstances, or
• have commenced your farm business after 1 July 2017 and derive 50% of your gross income from the farm business within 3 years of the date of applying.

How do you apply?

Find out more about eligibility and how to apply at On-Farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme Round 2.