Support extends west and north in response to flooding disaster

• Seventeen more councils now eligible for disaster support in response to northern floods.

• Grants, loans and freight subsidies also available to primary producers, and grants to rural landholders, in Charters Towers and Flinders LGAs.

• Assistance provided through the joint Commonwealth-state Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).

The Albanese and Crisafulli Governments are extending assistance to support seventeen more councils as well as primary producers and rural landholders in Charters Towers and Flinders, after flooding across the north and northwest of the state.

Support activated includes:

• Funding to support emergency repairs and the long-term rebuild of damaged roads in Barcaldine, Blackall-Tambo, Boulia, Carpentaria, Cloncurry, Croydon, Diamantina, Flinders, Hope Vale, Kowanyama, Longreach, McKinlay, Northern Peninsula Area, Pormpuraaw, Richmond, Winton, and Wujal Wujal Councils.

• Recovery grants, concessional loans and freight subsidies for primary producers operating out of the Charters Towers and Flinders LGAs to help with clean-up, equipment repairs, replacement of stock, loss of income, and the continuity of operations. Grants to support eligible rural landholders or lessees of at least 10 hectares in the Charters Towers and Flinders LGAs, who have sustained direct damage from the floods but are not eligible for primary producer assistance

All support is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments through the Commonwealth-state Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).