Disaster recovery

Responding to a disaster can put significant pressure on a state or territory government. The Australian Government provides funding to assist with relief and recovery costs. We then manage these relief and recovery programs and initiatives that the funding pays for.
Commonwealth disaster recovery payments
Financial support from the Australian Government is available to help people recover after a disaster.
Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements
We provide funding to states and territories to share the financial burden of responding to a disaster.
Disaster Recovery Funding Framework
A new disaster recovery funding system for simpler, fairer and better targeted risk reduction and recovery.
North Queensland Recovery and Resilience Package
The North Queensland Recovery and Resilience Package helps local communities recover from, and prepare for, future floods.
Queensland and New South Wales flood recovery and resilience package
Supporting communities in Queensland and New South Wales to recover from floods. The program ended in 2023.
2019–20 Black Summer bushfires
The Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants Program provided $390 million to help communities recover from the 2019–20 bushfires. The program ended in 2025.
A high point view across the Grampians with large grey granite rocks in the foreground, a scraggly shrub to the left, and bushland in the distance with mountains in the far distance, a body of water and cloudy sky.
Case study VIC Bushfire Resilience and risk reduction
Connecting government leaders with recovering communities
Assistant Minister the Hon Josh Wilson MP recently visited the Grampians in western Victoria to see firsthand the resilience of communities still recovering from compounding disasters.
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