South West Queensland Flooding - April 2011
Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA)
This assistance is provided through the joint Australian and State government Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) and applies to the natural disaster declared areas in each state.
NDRRA assistance for the South West Queensland flooding event has been made available for the Local Government Areas of Banana and Maranoa.
NDRRA assistance includes:
- restoration of essential public assets
- certain counter-disaster operations (Maranoa only), and
- Personal Hardship and Distress assistance (Maranoa only):
- Emergency Assistance grants - a grant of $170 per person, up to a maximum of $850 for a family of five or more. This grant is available to people experiencing hardship due to the disaster and who require assistance to meet their basic needs.
- Essential Household Contents grants - assistance of up to $1,705 for individuals and $5,120 for families.
- Repairs to Dwelling grants - assistance of up to $10,250 for individuals and $14,200 for families is available.