Legal Assistance Disaster Relief Package - Tropical Cyclone Jasper

About

The $1.501 million Legal Assistance Disaster Relief Package is available to eligible local councils significantly impacted by Tropical Cyclone Jasper, 13 - 28 December 2023 in Far North Queensland. Funding will provide efficient and effective legal assistance services to vulnerable and disadvantaged Queenslanders impacted by TC Jasper event.

Eligible councils

  • Cairns Regional 
  • Cassowary Coast 
  • Cook Shire 
  • Douglas Shire 
  • Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire 
  • Mareeba Shire 
  • Tablelands Regional 
  • Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire 
  • Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire 

Funding acknowledgement

The package is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments to support Queensland communities in their recovery from the Tropical Cyclone Jasper, associated rainfall and flooding, 13 - 28 December 2023 event. 

Administering agency

Department of Justice

Guidelines

QRA will work with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to develop program guidelines for the program. 

More information

More details about this funding will be made available in the coming weeks.

(QRA Reference CM DOC/25/974 - Last updated 10 January 2025)