{"id":4356,"date":"2019-11-25T09:14:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T09:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=4356"},"modified":"2019-11-25T09:14:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T09:14:38","slug":"15000-grants-to-help-rebuild-fire-affected-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/11\/25\/15000-grants-to-help-rebuild-fire-affected-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"$15,000 GRANTS TO HELP REBUILD FIRE AFFECTED COMMUNITIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Primary producers and small businesses impacted by recent fires in the Northern Tablelands, North Coast and Mid North Coast have received welcome relief with the announcement today of $15,000 recovery grants.<br \/>\nMinister for Agriculture and Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall welcomed the announcement, saying it was critical to help farmers get back on their feet.<br \/>\n\u201cOur State\u2019s farmers have already been battling the worst drought on record and recent fires have been an absolute kick in the teeth,\u201d Mr Marshall said.<br \/>\n\u201cToday\u2019s announcement of $15,000 recovery grants for farmers and small businesses impacted by the fires is welcome news, and will help our hard-working farmers get back on their feet.<br \/>\n\u201cThis cash will assist farmers to rebuild their businesses and fix the damage caused by these unprecedented fires.<br \/>\n\u201cFor many it will mean cash in the pocket to rebuild fences, purchase new equipment and procure feed and fodder.\u201d<br \/>\nThe $48.5 million recovery package announced today also includes $18.2 million in funding for targeted community projects as well as mental health support.<br \/>\n\u201cThese fires have not only devastated farms and small businesses \u2013 they\u2019ve also sent an absolute shockwave through entire communities,\u201d Mr Marshall said.<br \/>\n\u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m pleased the fire recovery package includes grants for targeted community projects as well as mental health support.<br \/>\n\u201cI encourage farmers and small businesses who have been impacted by the recent fires to get in touch with the NSW Rural Assistance Authority and apply for grant assistance.\u201d<br \/>\nTo apply for a recovery grant contact the NSW Rural Assistance Authority on\u00a0<strong>1800 678 593\u00a0<\/strong>or visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.raa.nsw.gov.au\/\">www.raa.nsw.gov.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Primary producers and small businesses impacted by recent fires in the Northern Tablelands, North Coast and Mid North Coast have received welcome relief with the announcement today of $15,000 recovery grants. Minister for Agriculture and Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall welcomed the announcement, saying it was critical to help farmers get back on their &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/11\/25\/15000-grants-to-help-rebuild-fire-affected-communities\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;$15,000 GRANTS TO HELP REBUILD FIRE AFFECTED COMMUNITIES&#8221;<\/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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4356","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=4356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}