Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements

The joint Australian, state and territory governments' Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) provide a range of financial assistance to the natural disaster-declared areas in each state or territory.

For the bushfires which commenced on 17 January 2017, the available assistance measures include:

• personal hardship and distress assistance
• restoration of essential public assets
• counter disaster operations
• concessional loans for small businesses, primary producers and voluntary non-profit organisations
• freight subsidies for primary producers
• grants for voluntary non-profit organisations.

For information on available recovery assistance, visit the Emergency NSW website.

For further information on recovery arrangements, visit the Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements page.