2025 Tropical Cyclone Alfred - exceptional circumstances
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About the DRFA exceptional circumstances packages
The 2025 Tropical Cyclone Alfred recovery operation includes a suite of exceptional circumstances funding developed to support eligible communities, families, small businesses, primary producers and not-for-profit organisations severely impacted by the Tropical Cyclone Alfred and Associated Severe Weather, 1 - 16 March 2025 event.
Refer to the DRFA activations summary for the Tropical Cyclone Alfred and Associated Severe Weather, 1 - 16 March 2025 event for the details of the DRFA measures activated for each council.
The following DRFA exceptional circumstances package components have been announced:
Human and Social
$11.77 million Community Health and Wellbeing program to mitigate impacts of the disaster, with a focus on the vulnerable following the TC Alfred event.
$27 million Community and Recreational Assets Recovery program to repair and rebuild affected community and recreational facilities following the TC Alfred event.
$2.85 million Legal Assistance Recovery funding is for community legal and case management services including support with insurance, housing and finances to assist recovery from TC Alfred.
Environment
$25.5 million Community Relief Fund jointly funded for eligible impacted councils to undertake essential immediate recovery activities following TC Alfred.
$74 million Environmental Recovery for environmental recovery, including beach replenishment, and national park recovery following TC Alfred.
Economic
Primary Producer Disaster Recovery Grants of up to $25,000 have been announced for eligible impacted primary producer organisations following TC Alfred.
$3.087 million Primary Production Industry Support program will provide holistic support to primary producers to help them better prepare for severe weather following TC Alfred.
Recovery grants up to $10,000 for eligible rural landholders or lessees of at least 10 hectares who sustained direct damage following TC Alfred but can’t access other primary producer assistance
Small Business and Non-Profit Organisation Recovery Grants of up to $25,000 for eligible applicants announced following TC Alfred.
$2.4 million Small Business Recovery Support to offer support case workers and financial counselling to help operators recover and build more resilient businesses following the TC Alfred event.
$27.5 million Sport and Recreational Community Facilities Recovery aims to repair and rebuild affected community sport and recreational facilities damaged by the TC Alfred event.
$1 million Monitoring and Evaluation funding to ensure DRFA packages are achieving the intended recovery and resilience objectives following TC Alfred
Funding acknowledgement
The package is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments to support Queensland communities in their recovery from the Tropical Cyclone Alfred and Associated Severe Weather, 1 - 16 March 2025 event.
QRA File Reference GF/25/1081. Last updated 7 July 2025.
