Exclusion Fence Restitution Program - Western Queensland Surface Trough March 2025

On this page:

About

The $105 million Exclusion Fence Restitution Fund will provide grants up to $500,000 to eligible primary producers to rebuild critical exclusion fencing and cluster exclusion fencing damaged by the floods to help contain and protect remaining livestock following Western Queensland Surface Trough March 2025.

Eligibility

The Exclusion Fence Restitution Fund is targeted to eligible applicants in the eligible local government areas listed below. The Department of Primary Industries will engage service providers Remote Area Planning and Development Board (RAPAD) and Quilpie Shire Council (QSC), to deliver the grants across the following eligible local government areas:

Remote Area Planning and 
Development Board  (RAPAD)		Quilpie Shire Council (QSC)
  1. Barcaldine Regional Council
  2. Barcoo Shire Council
  3. Blackall Tambo Regional Council
  4. Boulia Shire Council
  5. Diamantina Shire Council
  6. Longreach Shire Council
  7. Winton Shire Council
  1. Balonne Shire Council
  2. Bulloo Shire Council
  3. Murweh Shire Council
  4. Paroo Shire Council
  5. Quilpie Shire Council 

 

Funding acknowledgement

The package is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments to support Queensland communities in their recovery from Western Queensland Surface Trough March 2025.

Administering agency

Department of Primary Industries

Status 

More details to follow when grants are open for application. 

Media statement

Qld crest
11 April 2025: More than $160 million delivered to support flood ravaged Wester…
11 April 2025: More than $160 million delivered to support flood ravaged Western Queensland
(External link to https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/102386)

QRA Reference CM DOC 25/33241 Webpage last updated 3 July 2025