The Australian Government is engaging with the states and territories on new disaster recovery funding arrangements that are simpler and fairer for all Australians.
The new Disaster Recovery Framework will ensure Commonwealth funding will flow to impacted communities faster and with less red tape, while building on our record investment in risk reduction.
We will do this by working with the states and territories to:
- introduce standardised packages of assistance so impacted communities get access to timely, suitable supports
- embed an equal partnership between the Australian, state and territory governments through a 50/50 funding model
- implement a simpler threshold for accessing disaster funding, delivering support to communities sooner
- introduce a Resilient Infrastructure Scheme to support communities to build back better after disaster, with funding of up to 15 per cent cost shared with jurisdictions.
The Government is drawing on findings and recommendations from the Independent Review of Commonwealth Disaster Funding, led by Mr Andrew Colvin AO APM.
The review was in response to the increasing size, scale, intensity, cost and complexity of natural disasters.