FORDE MP Bert Van Manen has urged residents impacted by ex-Cyclone Debbie to apply for financial assistance if needed.
Grants to address non-immediate needs could be income tested.
Disaster Recovery Payment provides a one-off, non-means tested recovery payment of $1000 for eligible adults and $400 for eligible children.
Disaster Recovery Allowance is a short-term income support payment to assist individuals for up to 13 weeks.
Immediate Hardship Assistance provides $180 for individuals and up to $900 for families to assist immediate needs such as food and clothing.
Essential Services provides $150 for individuals and up to $750 for families who are directly impacted by the loss of one or more essential services for more than five days.
Essential Household Contents contributes towards the repair or replacement of uninsured essential household contents. The maximum grant amount is $1765 for an individual and $5300 for couples or families.
Structural Assistance helps towards the repair of damage to a dwelling to return it to a safe, habitable and secure condition. The maximum grant amount is $10,995 for individuals and $14,685 for couples or families.
Essential Services Safety and Reconnection Scheme provides up to $5000 to individuals and families towards safety inspections of and repairs to gas, water, sewerage and electricity connections and systems damaged by an eligible disaster.
Concessional interest rate loans for small businesses provides loans of up to a maximum of $250,000 to assist small businesses to recover from the disaster event.
Concessional interest rate loans for non-profit organisations provides a concessional interest rate loan up to a maximum of $100,000 and a grant up to a maximum of $5000 to assist non-profit organisations to recover.
Essential working capital loans for small businesses provides a concessional interest rate loan up to $100,000 for essential working capital required to continue operations.
For more information, visit website bertvanmanen.com.au.
