Funding for QLD small businesses impacted by 2025 Western Queensland surface trough and associated rainfall and flooding

Overview

Funding is available to help small businesses resume operations, including:

• meeting essential costs related to re-establishing operations, including wages, salaries, and operational expenses
• covering rent or rates associated with business premises
• replacement of stock that was lost, spoiled, or rendered unusable due to the disaster and is not eligible for funding under the Exceptional Disaster Assistance Recovery Grant (EDARG)
• professional services related to disaster recovery
• marketing expenses aimed at regaining lost customers and re-establishing the business post-disaster.

Check if you can apply

To be eligible, businesses must:

• have an active Australian business number (ABN) and be registered for goods and services (GST) at the time of the disaster
• be located in one of the defined disaster areas for the Western Queensland surface trough and associated rainfall and flooding
• have a turnover of less than$10 million per annum
• have less than 20 employees
• demonstrate either a decrease in revenue or an inability to conduct trading activities.