North Queensland floods and rainfall—support for agribusiness

Report damage

These reports help determine if you will need extra support during recovery.

Tell us about damage or losses to your farm. You need to include date-stamped photos, which most mobile phone cameras do automatically.

Primary producers in eligible local government areas may be able to access:

Disaster Assistance Loans, up to $250,000
Essential Working Capital Loans, up to $100,000
freight subsidies of up to $5,000 per property to move essential materials such as fodder, building and fencing materials, machinery, and animals for restocking
Exceptional Disaster Recovery Assistance Grants, up to $25,000
Farm Household Allowance
Farm Investment Loan

The Rural Financial Counselling Service (RFCS) can help you apply for government financial assistance and other rural financial counselling advice.

Protect the safety and welfare of your animals after a natural disaster

Eligible primary producers will also be able to access emergency fodder support.

This support is designed to assist landholders/lessees who:

have had 30% or more of their grazing area affected by the disaster event or who have livestock that is isolated from farm feed sources including pasture or stored fodder
are unable to source or supply fodder themselves or have no farm feed sources including pasture or stored fodder
have made genuine attempts to source their own fodder.

Eligible producers should contact their local government to discuss arrangements for emergency fodder support.

Manage crop recovery and minimise the extent of the damage after rain and flood.

Talk to your insurer, keep good records and safely inspect and repair flood-damaged farm machinery.

Meet your general biosecurity obligation to prevent spread of pests and diseases after flooding.