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Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment (AGDRP)
AGDRP has been announced for more people directly affected by this disaster. Claims will open at 2 pm local time on 24 March 2026.
You may be eligible for this payment if you or an eligible child you care for were directly affected in one or more of the following ways:
- major damage to your principal place of residence
- major damage to a major asset or assets that you own at your principal place of residence
- serious injury
- an immediate family member who is an Australian citizen or resident has died or is missing.
To be eligible for financial support, these must have occurred in one of the following additional areas:
- Bundaberg Central Bundaberg Local Government Area (LGA)
- Bundaberg East in Bundaberg LGA
- Bundaberg North in Bundaberg LGA
- Bundaberg South in Bundaberg LGA
- Chinchilla in Western Downs LGA.
Major damage to your principal place of residence includes any of the following:
- it’s been destroyed or must be demolished
- it’s been declared structurally unsound
- this disaster has exposed the interior to the elements
- sewage has gotten inside it.
More information will be available at 2 pm local time on 24 March 2026.
Disaster Recovery Allowance (DRA)
DRA has been announced for people who have lost some or all of their income because of this disaster. Claims will open at 2 pm local time on 24 March 2026.
You must earn less than the average Australian weekly income of $2011.40 before tax after this income loss, and live or work in one of the following LGAs:
- Aurukun
- Banana
- Barcaldine
- Boulia
- Bundaberg
- Burdekin
- Burke
- Carpentaria
- Cassowary Coast
- Central Highlands (Qld)
- Charters Towers
- Cloncurry
- Croydon
- Diamantina
- Doomadgee
- Douglas
- Etheridge
- Flinders (Qld)
- Fraser Coast
- Gladstone
- Gympie
- Isaac
- Livingstone
- Mackay
- McKinlay
- Mount Isa
- North Burnett
- Palm Island
- Pormpuraaw
- Richmond
- Rockhampton
- South Burnett
- Townsville
- Western Downs
- Whitsunday
- Winton
- Yarrabah.
More information will be available at 2 pm local time on 24 March 2026.
How to claim
More information will be available at 2 pm local time on 24 March 2026. You cannot claim until this date.
Other support
The Queensland Government may have support for people affected by a natural disaster. Check what emergencies and natural disaster assistance is available on the Queensland Government website.