Exceptional Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants – North QLD Monsoon Trough

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 stock, including associated costs repairs to buildings (other than housing) reconditioning/repairing essential plant and equipment 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. To be eligible, you must: hold an Australian business number (ABN) and have held that ABN at the time of the disaster be located in the defined disaster area for the eligible disaster that has suffered direct damage as a result of the eligible disaster be primarily responsible for meeting the costs claimed in the application intend to re-establish the undertaking in the same area. Find out more about your eligibility and how to apply. Learn how to apply Phone: 1800 623 946 What you get: Funding of up to $75,000 for primary producers and up to $50,000 for small businesses. Closing date for primary producers is 6 January 2027 and closing date for small businesses is 15 January 2027. Source: business.gov.au, © Commonwealth of Australia, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU.

Primary producers and businesses affected by North QLD monsoon trough, Cyclone Koji, Cyclone Narelle and severe weather, commencing 24 December 2025.