The Albanese and Miles Governments have announced a fourth round of support to help recovery and resilience for Far North Queensland communities impacted by Ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The package, estimated to cost $64 million will be cost-shared 50-50 by the Federal and State Governments. It will support recovery for FNQ\u2019s vital tourism industry, farmers, small businesses and not for profits. It includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A range of previously announced financial and recovery DRFA assistance is also available to affected local governments and communities across the Far North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These measures include Personal Hardship Assistance payments, Structural Assistance Grants, disaster loans and freight subsidies, and funding to help reconnect essential services and replace household contents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis $64 million package provides positive news for the Far North following so much heartbreaking devastation,\u201d Prime Minister Albanese said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe grants will put money directly into the hands of the employers and providers of the region, while the tourism package is going to help this part of Queensland shine once more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEligible councils can use their Recovery and Resilience Grants, not only to build back from Jasper, but to bring forward works that will strengthen their region against future severe weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRecovery from this event will be a huge undertaking and this support is just the first phase of the assistance that we know will be required. My government is working with Queensland to determine what broader help is needed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Queensland Government stands shoulder to shoulder with communities in Far North Queensland,\u201d Premier Miles said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis initial extraordinary funding provides significant assistance to Queenslanders at the heart of our economy \u2013 farmers, small business owners and tourism operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf we can get our FNQ industries and businesses firing again, that drives recovery for the whole region, safeguarding local jobs and attracting visitors back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThrough the Queensland Reconstruction Authority, we\u2019ll continue working with councils, state agencies and the Commonwealth to develop further exceptional circumstances DRFA packages that shape and progress recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis funding provides reassurance that we are committed to standing by Queensland communities to help with recovery, as long as it takes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis package will help Queensland communities bounce back, and I\u2019m particularly pleased that farmers and primary producers will get support to help their businesses recover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe will continue to work with our Queensland state colleagues to provide support during this challenging period.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is just the very early stage of recovery assistance that we are going to provide to Far North Queensland,\u201d Ms Boyd said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere will be many challenges ahead, but I am confident that we have the people, the capacity, and the will, to put this important region back on its feet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grants are available in the following LGAs: Cairns, Cassowary Coast, Cook, Douglas, , Hinchinbrook, Mareeba, Tablelands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grants are available in the following LGAs: Cairns, Cassowary Coast, Cook, Douglas, Hope Vale (for small businesses), Mareeba, Tablelands, Wujal Wujal, Yarrabah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grants are available to the following LGAs: Cairns, Cassowary Coast, Cook, Douglas, Hope Vale, Mareeba, Tablelands, Wujal Wujal and Yarrabah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Further information<\/strong> on disaster assistance can be found at www.qld.gov.au\/disasterhelp<\/a> or www.disasterassist.gov.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Albanese and Miles Governments have announced a fourth round of support to help recovery and resilience for Far North Queensland communities impacted by Ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper. The package, estimated to cost $64 million will be cost-shared 50-50 by the Federal and State Governments. It will support recovery for FNQ\u2019s vital tourism industry, farmers, small businesses and not for profits. It includes: $25 … Continue reading “$64 million package for Ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper disaster recovery”<\/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-24615","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\/24615","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=24615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24616,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24615\/revisions\/24616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}