Tropical Cyclone Nora and associated flooding: 24-29 March 2018

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 Tropical Cyclone Nora which impacted Queensland between 24 and 25 March 2018, the available assistance measures include:

• Personal hardship and distress assistance in the five (5) affected local government areas of:
• Etheridge
• Kowanyama
• Mapoon
• Mereeba
• Pormpuraaw

• Personal and financial counselling in the fifteen (15) affected local government areas of:
• Aurukun
• Cairns
• Carpentaria
• Cook
• Croydon
• Douglas
• Etheridge
• Hinchinbrook
• Kowanyama
• Lockhart River
• Mapoon
• Mareeba
• Napranum
• Pormpuraaw
• Wujal Wujal

• Demolition or rebuilding to restore housing to a habitable condition in the fifteen (15) affected local government areas of:
• Aurukun
• Cairns
• Carpentaria
• Cook
• Croydon
• Douglas
• Etheridge
• Hinchinbrook
• Kowanyama
• Lockhart River
• Mapoon
• Mareeba
• Napranum
• Pormpuraaw
• Wujal Wujal

• Removal of debris from residential properties in the sixteen (16) affected local government areas of:
• Aurukun
• Cairns
• Carpentaria
• Cook
• Croydon
• Doomadgee
• Douglas
• Etheridge
• Hinchinbrook
• Kowanyama
• Lockhart River
• Mapoon
• Mornington
• Napranum
• Pormpuraaw
• Wujal Wujal

• Counter disaster operations in the sixteen (16) affected local government areas of:
• Aurukun
• Cairns
• Carpentaria
• Cook
• Croydon
• Doomadgee
• Douglas
• Etheridge
• Hinchinbrook
• Kowanyama
• Lockhart River
• Mapoon
• Mornington
• Napranum
• Pormpuraaw
• Wujal Wujal

• Restoration of essential public assets in the fifteen (15) affected local government areas of:
• Aurukun
• Cairns
• Carpentaria
• Cassowary Coast
• Cook
• Croydon
• Douglas
• Etheridge
• Hinchinbrook
• Kowanyama
• Lockhart River
• Mapoon
• Napranum
• Pormpuraaw
• Torres Shire
• Wujal Wujal

• Concessional interest rate loans for small businesses in the three (3) affected local government areas of:
• Cairns
• Cassowary Coast
• Hinchinbrook

• Grants for needy individuals in the two (2) affected local government area of:
• Etheridge
• Mareeba

• Concessional interest rate loans for primary producers in the six (6) affected local government area of:
• Carpentaria
• Cassowary Coast
• Croydon
• Douglas
• Etheridge
• Hinchinbrook

• Freight subsidies for primary producers in the six (6) affected local government area of:
• Carpentaria
• Cassowary Coast
• Croydon
• Douglas
• Etheridge
• Hinchinbrook

For information on available recovery assistance, visit the Queensland Government Disaster Management website.

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

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will replace passports that have been lost or damaged in declared natural disasters free of charge, visit the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website.​