Sport and Recreational Community Facilities Recovery Program - 2025 North and Far North Tropical Low

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About

$30 million Sport and Sport and Recreational Community Facilities Recovery Program aims to help rebuild and repair sport and recreation facilities impacted by the North and Far North Tropical Low 29 January – 28 February 2025 event.

Eligibility

Funding through the grants program will be available to the following eligible LGAs:

  • Barcaldine Shire Council
  • Blackall- Tambo Regional Council
  • Boulia Shire Council
  • Burdekin Shire Council
  • Cairns Regional Council
  • Carpentaria Shire Council
  • Cassowary Coast Regional Council
  • Charters Towers Regional Council
  • Cloncurry Shire Council
  • Cook Shire Council
  • Croydon Shire Council
  • Diamantina Shire Council
  • Douglas Shire Council
  • Etheridge Shire Council
  • Flinders Shire Council
  • Hinchinbrook Shire Council
  • Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council
  • Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council
  • Longreach Shire Council
  • McKinlay Shire Council
  • Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council
  • Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council
  • Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council
  • Richmond Shire Council
  • Tablelands Regional Council
  • Townsville City Council
  • Whitsunday Regional Council
  • Winton Shire Council
  • Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council
  • Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council

Funding acknowledgement

The $30 million Sport and Recreational Community Facilities Recovery Program is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) Category C, to support Queensland communities in their recovery from the North and Far North Tropical Low, commencing29 January – 28 February 2025 event.

Administering agency

Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA).

Delivery agency

Department of Sport, Racing and Olympic and Paralympic Games (DSROPG).

How to apply

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Sport and Recreation Recovery Grant
(External link: https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/sports/funding/sport-and-recreation-recovery-grant)

Media statements

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24 July 2025: North and Far North Queensland sporting clubs to share in $30 mil…
(External Link: https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/103166)
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12 March 2025: More than $50 million for long-term North and Far North Queensla…
12 March 2025: More than $50 million for long-term North and Far North Queensland flood recovery
(External link to https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/102150)

 

QRA Reference: QRATF/25/4509 and DOC/25/32889.
Last updated 1 August 2025.