We have information in different languages about Disaster Recovery Allowance
Disaster Recovery Allowance
Disaster assistance payments audio
For Centrelink payments and services, you can call our multilingual phone service.
You had until 19 August 2025 to make a claim for the following Local Government Areas (LGAs):
- Barcaldine
- Blackall-Tambo
- Boulia
- Burdekin
- Cairns
- Carpentaria
- Cassowary Coast
- Charters Towers
- Cloncurry
- Cook
- Croydon
- Diamantina
- Douglas
- Etheridge
- Flinders
- Hinchinbrook
- Hope Vale
- Kowanyama
- Longreach
- McKinlay
- Northern Peninsula Area
- Palm Island
- Richmond
- Pormpuraaw
- Tablelands
- Townsville
- Whitsunday
- Winton
- Wujal Wujal
- Yarrabah.
Late claims will only be accepted in exceptional circumstances. To claim, call the Emergency information line.
To see emergency information about your LGA, you can enter your address into the Queensland Government’s find your local council tool.
Contact numbers available on this page.
Emergency information line
Call this line if you’re affected by a natural disaster and need help to claim a payment.
There are other ways you may want to contact us.