Funding for smaller scale disaster impacted VIC primary producers

This program provides funding for disaster impacted smaller-scale primary production enterprises that do not qualify for the Primary Producer Recovery Grant.

Overview

The Rural Landholder Grant has a 2-tiered payment structure:

• tier 1 – an initial amount of up to $5,000 on the provision of evidence of direct damage
• tier 2 – a subsequent amount of up to $20,000 on the provision of evidence of payment.

Funding can be used to help pay for the costs of the relief, clean-up and reinstatement of the primary production enterprise.

Check if you can apply

To be eligible, applicants must:

• be a rural landholder (hold property of at least 10 hectares)
• have a primary production enterprise located in a defined disaster area that has suffered direct damage as a result of the disaster
• devote part of their labour to the enterprise
• not receive the majority of income from primary production
• earn no more than $180,000 per annum from off-farm income
• have held an Australian business number (ABN) at the time of the disaster
• have engaged in carrying on the enterprise when affected by the disaster event
• intend to re-establish the primary production enterprise in the same community region, or sector as the defined disaster area
• be primarily responsible for meeting the costs claimed in the applications.