Residents and businesses in nine South Australian local government areas are now able to apply for a range of assistance to help them clean up, get back to business and back into homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Albanese and Malinauskas Governments today announced $126.25 million in further disaster assistance for communities hit by the devastating flooding that peaked in Renmark on Boxing Day and is subsequently impacting downriver areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The funding for the flood event that started in mid-November 2022 and continues to cause major issues for communities all along the Murray River, is being provided through the jointly-funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A comprehensive range of assistance is available:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The nine local government areas eligible for funding are Alexandrina Council, Berri Barmera Council, Coorong District Council, District Council of Karoonda East Murray, District Council of Loxton Waikerie, Mid Murray Council, Murray Bridge Council, Pastoral Unincorporated Area and Renmark Paringa Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Further measures being provided through a separate funding process include $5 million for a range of activities relating to flood mitigation and recovery for impacted councils, and $250,000 for mentors for rural businesses and financial counselling support for families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For information about these grants, contact the South Australian Relief hotline on 1800 302 787.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Further information on disaster assistance can be found on the Australian Government\u2019s Disaster Assist website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this time of crisis, the people of South Australia should know that the Federal Government is standing by them ready to help wherever and whenever it is needed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n This assistance will provide invaluable support to residents, farmers and businesses to recover from this flooding disaster.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The quicker we recover, the sooner we can begin investing in mitigation to lessen the impact of events like this in the future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n We\u2019re still witnessing these floodwaters wreak devastation along the river.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Our river communities have been united, resourceful and courageous through this event.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n But we know we have a significant clean-up ahead.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Getting to work quickly will be vitally important for communities to recover and thrive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s why we\u2019ve been working extremely closely with the Commonwealth to help our communities who\u2019ve been so united, resourceful and courageous throughout this event, to not just get back on their feet, but thrive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m pleased today to be able to announce this additional $126.25 million in funding to help them put recent events in the past, and look to the future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n We know it\u2019s going to be a long road to recovery, but this new funding means that people will have access to the immediate, impactful support they need to start to clean up, repair, rebuild and recover.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The Albanese Government is committed to ensuring communities in South Australia are better prepared and can recover quicker from natural disasters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n We will continue to work very closely with the Malinauskas Government to provide assistance and support as and when it\u2019s needed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Residents and businesses in nine South Australian local government areas are now able to apply for a range of assistance to help them clean up, get back to business and back into homes. The Albanese and Malinauskas Governments today announced $126.25 million in further disaster assistance for communities hit by the devastating flooding that peaked … Continue reading “ADDITIONAL DISASTER SUPPORT FOR FLOOD-IMPACTED COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19729,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19728\/revisions\/19729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese<\/strong> said<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Premier of South Australia Peter Malinauskas<\/strong> said<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Federal Minister for Emergency Management Murray Watt<\/strong> said<\/h2>\n\n\n\n