Disaster Recovery Allowance

Support if you’ve lost income as a direct result of New South Wales east coast severe weather and flooding that started in May 2025.

You have until 25 November 2025 to make a claim for the following Local Government Areas (LGAs):

  • Armidale
  • Bellingen
  • Central Coast (NSW)
  • Cessnock
  • Clarence Valley
  • Coffs Harbour
  • Dungog
  • Kempsey
  • Lake Macquarie
  • Maitland
  • Mid-Coast
  • Muswellbrook
  • Nambucca Valley
  • Newcastle
  • Port Macquarie-Hastings
  • Port Stephens
  • Singleton
  • Upper Hunter
  • Walcha.

To see emergency information about your LGA, you can enter your address into the New South Wales Government’s find your local council tool.

Page last updated: 28 May 2025.
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