Funding for QLD primary producers impacted by rainfall and flooding 10 November to 3 December 2021

This program provides funding to primary producers impacted by rainfall and flooding in central, southern and western Queensland, 10 November to 3 December 2021.

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 injured or dead livestock, including associated costs
• repairs to buildings (other than housing)
• fencing not covered by any other assistance
• reconditioning/repairing essential plant and equipment
• salvaging crops, grain and feeds
• 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.

Check if you can apply

To be eligible, you must:

• be a Queensland primary producer
• hold an Australian business number (ABN) and have held that ABN at the time of the disaster
• have a primary production enterprise located in one of the defined disaster areas:
  • Banana Shire Council
  • Bundaberg Regional Council
  • Goondiwindi Regional Council
  • Lockyer Valley Regional Council
  • Scenic Rim Regional Council
  • Somerset Regional Council
  • South Burnett Regional Council
  • Southern Downs Regional Council
  • Toowoomba Regional Council
  • Western Downs Regional Council
• have been engaged in carrying on the primary production enterprise when affected by the natural disaster.