Cyclone Jasper Recovery Information
- Housing assistance including mortgage relief loans, bond loans and rental grants.
- Transport and motoring assistance including vehicle registration assistance.
- The Community Recovery Online Portal for applying online for financial assistance.
- Local emergency relief providers and counselling services or the Community Recovery Hotline on 1800 173 349 for emotional stress or personal financial hardship.
- Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment and Disaster Recovery Allowance from Services Australia.
- Natural disasters can affect your mental health. If you need help contact:
- Lifeline (lifeline.org.au)
- Beyond Blue (beyondblue.org.au)
- Kids Helpline (kidshelpline.com.au).
For Primary Producers
- Agriculture Disaster Impact Survey to report damage or losses to your farm. You need to include date-stamped photos, which most phone cameras do automatically.
- Rural Financial Counselling Services provide free financial counselling to farmers, fishing enterprises, forestry growers, harvesters and related businesses experiencing, or at risk of, financial hardship.
- Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants, Disaster Assistance and Essential Working Capital Loans are available through Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority.
- Freight subsidies are available.
For Business
- Small Business Disaster Hub for resources to prevent, prepare, respond, recover and communicate so you can get back to business sooner when disaster hits.
- Complete the natural disaster business survey to advise what assistance you may need.
- Free mentoring help with your businesses’ recovery
- Free one-on-one wellness coaching
- Free small business financial counselling
- Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants, Disaster Assistance and Essential Working Capital Loans are available through Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority.
- Department of Tourism and Sport are offering funds for Building Resilient Tourism Infrastructure and Tourism Recovery Assistance and Tourism Exceptional Assistance Grants.
For Not-For-Profit Organisations
- Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants, Disaster Assistance and Essential Working Capital Loans are available through Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority.
For Sport & Recreation Clubs
- The Sport and Recreation Disaster Recovery Program provides up to $5000 in funding for eligible items.