Disaster assistance is now available for Far North Queensland’s Cook and Douglas Shire Councils, which were both hit by Category Two Tropical Cyclone Tiffany earlier this month.

Extraordinary disaster assistance recovery grants of up to $50,000, as well as low-interest loans of up to $250,000, are now available for eligible primary producers in the Somerset region after the floods that hit Central, Southern and Western Queensland in November and December 2021.

Freight subsidies of up to $5,000 are also available to help these producers overcome these difficulties and send their crops and stock to market.

Extraordinary assistance grants of up to $50,000 are now available for primary producers, small businesses and non-profit organisations affected by the recent floods in the Wide Bay-Burnett region to help communities get back on their feet.