Community Recreational Assets Program -2025-26 Flooding and severe weather

About

As part of the $10.051 million Sport and Community Recreational Assets package, this $7.216 million Community and Recreation Assets initiative will provide grants to severely impacted local governments to assist with the clean-up and repair of priority multi use community recreational assets damaged as a result of the Queensland Monsoon Trough, Cyclone Koji, Cyclone Narelle and Severe Weather, 24 December 2025 – 24 April 2026 event. 

Eligibility

The following eligible local government areas include only local government areas eligible

• 1. Banana Shire Council
• 2. Barcaldine Regional Council
• 3. Bundaberg Regional Council
• 4. Burke Shire Council
• 5. Carpentaria Shire Council
• 6. Cloncurry Shire Council
• 7. Croydon Shire Council
• 8. Diamantia Shire Council
• 9. Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council
• 10. Etheridge Shire Council
• 11.Flinders Shire Council
• 12.Gladstone Regional Council
• 13.Gympie Regional Council
• 14.Isaac Regional Council
• 15.Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire Council
• 16.Mackay Regional Council
• 17.McKinlay Shire Council
• 18.Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council
• 19.North Burnett Regional Council
• 20.Western Downs Regional Council
• 21.Whitsunday Regional Council
• 22.Winton Shire Council
• 23.Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council

Grant Program 

Applications open: 10 August 2026 
Applications close: 9 September 2026 
Completion timeframe (Allowable Time Limit (ATL)  - All approved activities must be completed by 30 June 2029
Final Acquittal due date - Close out submissions must be lodged by 30 September 2029

Guidelines

Please download and read the Guidelines prior to lodging your application.