CURRENT GRANTS FOR FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS

UPDATED 10am Thursday 28 September 2023

State Grants (QLD)

Essential Household Contents Grant (Up to $1,765 for single adults, $5,300 for couples/families)
If you are uninsured, or unable to claim insurance, you may be eligible for financial assistance to provide a contribution towards replacing or repairing essential household contents, such as beds, linen and whitegoods, that have been lost or damaged in the flood. This is a means tested grant.
Click here for more info. No closing date announced.

Essential Services Safety and Reconnection Grant ($200 - $4,200)
If you’re uninsured, or unable to claim insurance, you may be eligible for a grant to help you reconnect essential services that were damaged by the flood. Up to $200 is available to go towards a safety inspection for each essential service needing reconnection (electricity, gas, water and sewerage or septic system), and up to $4200 is available to go towards repair work to enable essential services to be reconnected (for example, electrical rewiring). This is a means tested grant.
Click here for more info. No closing date announced.

Structural Assistance Grant (Up to $50,000)
If you’re uninsured, or unable to claim insurance, you may be eligible for a one-off payment as a contribution towards repairs to your home to make it secure and safe. This is a means tested grant.
Click here for more info. No closing date announced.

Driver's licence or photo identity smartcards replacement (and other free services)
If you live in a current activation area, you can apply for a free replacement of your TMR-issued smartcards (driver's licence or photo identity card) if they have been lost or damaged in a natural disaster. Other support also available.
Click here for more info. No closing date announced.

Mortgage Relief Loan (Up to $20,000)
A Mortgage Relief Loan provides short-term help to people who are having difficulties with their home loan repayments due to unemployment, accident, illness, or some other unexpected or unforeseen crisis. The loan is interest free with no application fees or ongoing charges.
Click here for more info. Applications are ongoing.

Business and Community Groups Grants and Loans

QRIDA Disaster Assistance (Essential Working Capital) Loans (Up to $100,000)
Concessional loans are provided to assist you with essential working capital for expenses such as: paying salaries or wages, paying creditors, paying rent or rates, buying goods, including, for example, fuel essential to carry-on the small business.
Click here for more info. Applications close 31 December 2023.

QRIDA Disaster Assistance Loans (Up to $250,000)
Concessional loans are provided to assist you to re-establish the normal operations of your small business by covering costs such as: repairing or replacing damaged plant and equipment, repairing or replacing buildings, supplying stock for up to one month to replace lost stock and maintain liquidity of the business, and meeting carry-on requirements including: sustenance, paying rent and rates.
Click here for more info. Applications close 31 December 2023.