Funding for QLD small businesses in defined disaster areas

Overview

Support is available for businesses impacted by:

• Tropical Cyclone Jasper and associated flooding from 13 to 28 December 2023
• South East Queensland storms and subsequent flooding from 24 December 2023 to 3 January 2024.

Funding may be used for extraordinary costs related to re-establishing business operations and sustaining employment, including:

• paying salaries or wages to employees
• covering rent or rates associated with the business premises
• purchasing goods, equipment or supplies necessary for the business to resume operations
• professional services related to disaster recovery
• marketing expenses aimed at regaining lost customers and re-establishing the business post-disaster.

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To be eligible, businesses must:

• have less than 20 employees
• have an active Australian business number (ABN)
• be registered for goods and services tax (GST)
• be located in a defined disaster area
• be able to demonstrate significant impact and disruption from the eligible disaster event
• have been operational immediately prior to being affected by the disaster event.