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Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment
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For Centrelink payments and services, you can call our multilingual phone service.
Call the Centrelink Indigenous Call Centre to speak to us about Centrelink payments and services for free.
You had until 14 October 2025 to make a claim for the following Local Government Areas (LGAs):
- Barcaldine
- Barcoo
- Bulloo
- Longreach
- Murweh
- Paroo
- Quilpie
- Winton.
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.
To get Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment you must meet all eligibility rules.
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.