Cyclone Jasper Recovery Information
Available Support
- Personal hardship assistance is available for the entire Douglas Shire Local Government Area. This includes Emergency Hardship Assistance, Essential Household Contents Grants, Essential Services Safety and Reconnection Grants, and Structural Assistance Grants.
- 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.
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.
- Freight subsidies, Disaster Assistance and Essential Working Capital Loans 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.
- Disaster Assistance and Essential Working Capital Loans are available.
For Not-For-Profit Organisations
- Disaster Assistance and Essential Working Capital Loans are available.
Finding temporary accommodation
If you need help finding temporary accommodation:
- call the Community Recovery Hotline on 1800 173 349
- call 13 QGOV (13 74 68)
- visit your nearest Housing Service Centre.
