Rural Landholder Recovery Grants Program – 2023 Southern Queensland Bushfires

About

The $1.5 million Rural Landholder Recovery Grants Program will support the rural residential properties that do not meet the criteria for primary producer assistance. This funding is intended to provide financial support to assist with the extraordinary clean-up and reinstatement activities on rural residential properties and supported access to clean water, feed and safe fenced properties following the exceptional disaster event:

Southern Queensland Bushfires, 8 September – 7 November 2023

A rural landholder for the purposes of this assistance is defined as an owner or lessee of land of at least 10 hectares in the DRFA activated area that sustained direct damage, that earns at least $20,000 per annum from a primary production enterprise on the affected property, but not more than $250,000 from other activities and is not eligible for DRFA primary producer assistance.

Eligibility

Grants will be available for those who reside in the following council areas:

Bundaberg Regional Council
Central Highlands Regional Council
Gladstone Regional Council
Maranoa Regional Council
North Burnett Regional Council
South Burnett Regional Council
Southern Downs Regional Council
Toowoomba Regional Council
Western Downs Regional Council.

Funding acknowledgement

The package is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments to support Queensland communities in their recovery from the Southern Queensland Bushfires 8 September – 7 November 2023.