Primary Producer Industry Support Package – 2025-26 Flooding and Severe Weather

About

$14.359 million Primary Producer Support Package offering a tailored holistic support for impacted primary producers in event-impacted LGAs.

Funding under this Package will support medium-term recovery and enhance the long-term resilience of the primary producer industry by:

Providing timely holistic and integrated support to impacted primary producers, their families and staff, ensuring access to financial, psycho-social and practical capacity building services to aid recovery and build personal and business resilience.
Facilitating the financial recovery of primary production enterprises.
Supporting the viability of agricultural businesses affected by the disaster
Contributing to long-term community resilience by enabling primary producers to recover efficiently and sustainably.
Supporting the community more broadly in overcoming the impacts of the event and ensure ongoing engagement and improved resilience against future events.

Eligibility

Banana Shire Council
Bundaberg Regional Council
Carpentaria Shire Council
Central Highlands Regional Council
Charters Towers Regional Council
Cloncurry Shire Council
Cook Shire Council
Croydon Shire Council
Etheridge Shire Council
Flinders Shire Council
Fraser Coast Regional Council
Gladstone Regional Council
Gympie Regional Council
Longreach Regional Council
McKinlay Shire Council
North Burnett Regional Council
Richmond Shire Council
South Burnett Regional Council
Western Downs Regional Council
Winton Shire Council

Funding acknowledgement

This Package is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments under the joint Commonwealth-state Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) to support Queensland communities in their recovery from the Queensland Monsoon Trough, Cyclone Koji, Cyclone Narelle and Severe Weather, 24 December 2025 – 24 April 2026 event.