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Financial support is available for people who have been directly affected by natural disasters in declared disaster areas.
If you cannot find information on your specific natural disaster, you can use the Disaster Assistance Finder, or search the Australian Government Disaster Assist or Services Australia flood support.
Disaster Assistance Finder
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Australian Government support
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Services Australia flood support
Find natural disaster support available through Services Australia.
Financial support for events in 2023
January to March bushfires
Financial support may be available if you've been affected by the bushfires in:
- Gwydir and Narrabri on 18 January 2023 (AGRN 1053)
- Cootamundra-Gundagai on 25 January 2023 (AGRN 1065)
- Upper Lachlan and Yass Valley on 11 February 2023 (AGRN 1066)
- Western and North West NSW on 17 February 2023 (AGRN 1055)
- Gwydir, Moree Plains and Narrabri on 1 March 2023 (AGRN 1054)
- Upper Lachlan and Cobar on 16 March 2023 (AGRN 1056)
Help with structural repairs to your home and replacing essential household items.
February and March storms and floods
Financial support may be available if you've been affected by:
- Port Macquarie Hastings severe storms on 3 February 2023 (AGRN 1047)
- Dubbo and Wollongong severe storms on 9 February 2023 (AGRN 1049)
- Cootamundra-Gundagai and Hilltops Storm and Flooding on 12 March 2023 (AGRN 1057).
Help with structural repairs to your home and replacing essential household items.
Financial support for events in 2022
August and September onwards severe weather and floods
Financial support may be available if you've been affected by flooding in:
- Southern and Central West NSW from 4 August 2022 (AGRN 1030).
- NSW severe weather and flooding from 14 September 2022 (AGRN 1034).
Help with structural repairs to your home and replacing essential household items.
Up to $20,000 to help cover the costs of restoring a damaged property to a habitable condition or replacing essential household items.
July 2022 flood
Financial support may be available if you've been impacted by severe weather and flooding from 27 June 2022 (AGRN 1025).
Help with structural repairs to your home and replacing essential household items.
Free structural assessments of eligible flood-impacted properties.
March and April 2022 storms
Financial assistance may be available if you've been impacted by:
- severe thunderstorms in Broken Hill on 15 March 2022 (AGRN 1014)
- severe storms in Wingecarribee on 19 April 2022 (AGRN 1027).
Help with structural repairs to your home and replacing essential household items.
February 2022 flood
Financial assistance may be available if you've been impacted by storms and floods from 22 February 2022 (AGRN 1012).
Help with structural repairs to your home and replacing essential household items.
Free structural assessments of eligible flood-impacted properties.
Assistance for buy-back, raising, or retrofitting of homes in high-risk flood areas in Northern Rivers local government areas.
January 2022 floods and storms
Financial support may be available if you've been affected by:
- severe storm in Lithgow on 11 January 2022 (AGRN 996)
- Southern NSW storms and floods from 5 January 2022 onwards (AGRN 1011).
Help with structural repairs to your home and replacing essential household items.