Tropical Low 29U and related flooding March 2026
Personal hardship financial assistance is available for Queensland communities impacted by Tropical Low 29U and related flooding March 2026 in defined local government areas.
If you have been affected by this event, you can:
- check if your area is eligible for financial assistance
- find out about the different grants available
- locate your nearest Support Services location
- locate your nearest Community Recovery Hub
- access brochures for key community support contacts in your area
- find out about other support services available.
Community Recovery Lifeline Hotline – 1800 116 671 (8am to 8pm, 7 days)
The Community Recovery Lifeline Hotline is available to provide support to individuals, families and farmers experiencing emotional stress.
Call 1800 116 671 to speak with a dedicated disaster counsellor or to access the Farmer to Farmer support line.
Eligible areas
Financial assistance is available for people who are impacted by this event in these eligible areas:
All areas.
Note: Closure dates for the following grants in this LGA:
- Emergency Hardship Assistance (EHA) – closes 27 April 2026
- Essential Services Hardship Assistance (ESHA) – closes 27 April 2026.
Defined localities:
- Alpha
- Aramac
- Jericho
- Muttaburra
and targeted addresses:
- Barcaldine Downs Road, Barcaldine
- Plumbtree Hill Road, Barcaldine.
Note: Closure dates for the following grants in this LGA:
- Emergency Hardship Assistance (EHA) – closes 27 April 2026
- Essential Services Hardship Assistance (ESHA) – closes 27 April 2026.
Defined locality:
- Windorah.
Note: Closure date for the following grant in this LGA:
- Emergency Hardship Assistance (EHA) – closes 27 April 2026.
Defined localities:
- Abbotsford
- Avoca
- Avondale
- Branyan
- Bucca
- Bundaberg Central
- Bundaberg East
- Bundaberg North
- Bundaberg South
- Bundaberg West
- Bungadoo
- Delan
- Drinan
- Duingal
- Electra
- Fairymead
- Givelda
- Gooburrum
- Good Night
- Horsecamp
- Meadowvale
- Miara
- Monduran
- Moore Park Beach
- Moorland
- Morganville
- Oakwood
- Pine Creek
- Promisedland
- Saint Agnes
- Sharon
- South Bingera
- South Kolan
- Wallaville
- Watalgan
- Waterloo
- Welcome Creek
- Yandaran.
Targeted street addresses in:
- Bargara
- Burnett Heads
- Svensson Heights.
Note: Closure dates for the following grants in this LGA:
- Emergency Hardship Assistance (EHA) – closes 27 April 2026
- Essential Services Hardship Assistance (ESHA) – closes 27 April 2026.
All areas.
Note: Closure dates for the following grants in this LGA:
- Emergency Hardship Assistance (EHA) – closes 27 April 2026
- Essential Services Hardship Assistance (ESHA) – closes 27 April 2026.
All areas.
Note: Closure dates for the following grants in this LGA:
- Emergency Hardship Assistance (EHA) – closes 27 April 2026.
Defined localities:
- Bloomfield (Douglas Shire only)
- Cape Tribulation
- Cow Bay
- Dagmar
- Daintree
- Daintree Village
- Degarra
- Diwan
- Forest Creek
- Kimberley
- Lower Daintree
- Noah
- Stewart Creek Valley
- Thornton Beach
- Upper Daintree.
Note: Closure dates for the following grants in this LGA:
- Emergency Hardship Assistance (EHA) – closes 27 April 2026
- Essential Services Hardship Assistance (ESHA) – closes 27 April 2026.
All areas.
Note: Closure dates for the following grants in this LGA:
- Emergency Hardship Assistance (EHA) – closes 27 April 2026
- Essential Services Hardship Assistance (ESHA) – closes 27 April 2026.
All areas.
Defined localities:
- Agnes Water
- Baffle Creek
- Boyne Valley
- Captain Creek
- Colosseum
- Deepwater
- Diglum
- Euleilah
- Foreshores
- Lowmead
- Mount Maria
- Mount Tom
- O'Connell
- Oyster Creek
- Raglan
- Rosedale
- Round Hill Creek
- Rules Beach
- Seventeen Seventy
- Taunton
- Turkey Beach
- Wooderson.
Note: Closure dates for the following grants in this LGA:
- Emergency Hardship Assistance (EHA) – closes 27 April 2026
- Essential Services Hardship Assistance (ESHA) – closes 27 April 2026.
All areas.
Note: Closure dates for the following grants in this LGA:
- Emergency Hardship Assistance (EHA) – closes 7 April 2026
- Essential Services Hardship Assistance (ESHA) – closes 7 April 2026.
All areas.
Note: Closure dates for the following grants in this LGA:
- Emergency Hardship Assistance (EHA) – closes 27 April 2026
- Essential Services Hardship Assistance (ESHA) – closes 27 April 2026.
All areas.
Note: Closure date for the following grant in this LGA:
- Emergency Hardship Assistance (EHA) – closes 07 April 2026
- Essential Services Hardship Assistance (ESHA) – closed 27 March 2026.
Targeted addresses in Chinchilla.
Note: Closure dates for the following grants in this LGA:
- Emergency Hardship Assistance (EHA) – closes 27 April 2026
- Essential Services Hardship Assistance (ESHA) – closes 27 April 2026.
Check your eligibility
You need to be aged 18 years or older to complete an online application and have:
- Identification (ID)—Driver licence and Medicare card
Note: If you do not have these, other forms of ID are accepted. Call the Community Recovery Hotline on 1800 173 349. - Bank account details.
- A valid email address.
If you are under the age of 18, please contact the Community Recovery Hotline on 1800 173 349 to obtain advice on how to lodge an application.
Complete this form to find out what financial assistance you may be eligible for.
Note: For residents in Carpentaria Shire, Flinders Shire, McKinlay Shire and Richmond Shire who were impacted before 5 March 2026, check your eligibility here.
Start typing and select the address from the list. If your address does not appear, select Enter address manually, and complete each field for your address.
Unfortunately you are not eligible for any of the Queensland Government grants available for this event.
The Australian Government may also be offering disaster recovery payments.
To find information about other supports visit the Disaster Assist website.
Available grants
The following grants have been activated for this event. To find out which of these grants you may be eligible for, complete the form above.
Note: Application closure dates for the Emergency Hardship Assistance (EHA) and Emergency Services Hardship Assistance (ESHA) grants are published under each Local Government Area (LGA).
The Emergency Hardship Assistance grant is for help with essential needs, food, medication, clothing and temporary accommodation. This grant may be available if you:
- live in or are stranded in the affected area
- have experienced personal hardship and can’t meet your immediate essential needs.
Grant amount:
- $180 for individuals
- up to $900 for families of 5 or more.
More information about the Emergency Hardship Assistance grant.
The Essential Services Hardship Assistance grant is for help with essential services such as, power, gas, water, and sewage. This grant may be available if:
- you live in the affected area
- you have lost 1 or more essential services for more than 5 days and are experiencing personal hardship as a result
- your utility service provider/s confirm that you lost these essential services.
Grant amount:
- $150 for individuals
- up to $750 for families of 5 or more.
More information about the Essential Services Hardship Assistance grant.
The Essential Household Contents Grant is to replace essential lost household contents, such as bed linen and white goods. This grant may be available if you:
- live in the affected area
- own the items that have been lost
- own or rent the affected residence
- are uninsured or unable to claim insurance
- meet the income limits.
We will visit your home to assess the damage. We will need photographic evidence if items must be disposed of.
Grant amount:
- $1,765 for individuals
- up to $5,300 for couples or families.
More information about the Essential Household Contents Grant.
The Essential Services Safety and Reconnection Scheme (ESSRS) is to help with safety inspections and repairs to reconnect essential services, e.g. gas, water, electricity and sewage. A grant payment may be available if you:
- live in the affected area
- have had your essential services disconnected
- own and live in the affected residence
- are uninsured or unable to claim insurance
- meet the income limits.
We will visit your home to assess the damage.
Grant amount:
- Inspection costs—$200 for safety inspection for water, electricity, gas and sewage.
- $4,200 for repairs or replacement of these services.
More information about the Essential Services Safety and Reconnection Scheme.
The Structural Assistance Grant is to help with structural repairs or contribution towards replacement of dwelling. This grant may be available if:
- you live in the affected area
- you own and live in the affected residence
- your home has become structurally unsafe to live in
- you are uninsured or unable to claim insurance
- you meet the income limits.
We will visit your home to assess the damage.
Grant amount:
Uninsured, low income, owner-occupiers may receive up to a maximum of $80,000 to help repair your home to make it safe, secure and habitable.
The Australian Government may also be offering support. For more information about the disaster recovery payments visit the Services Australia website.
To find information about other supports visit the Disaster Assist website.
Support services
Support Services provide access to a range of recovery information and services including:
- financial support (e.g. personal hardship assistance, financial counselling)
- practical support services (e.g. access to advocacy, translation services)
- assistance with current applications including validating identification documents
- information and referral (e.g. welfare referrals, other local services)
- disaster-specific advice (e.g. safe clean up, managing health concerns, how to cope)
- emotional support (e.g. personal support, counselling and mental health services)
- resources to assist vulnerable individuals and groups (e.g. young children and adolescents, domestic and family violence).
Bundaberg Regional Local Government Area
Bundaberg Neighbourhood Centre
Address: 111 Targo Street, Bundaberg South
Operating hours:
- 9am to 4pm, Monday to Friday until Friday 08 May.
Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Local Government Area
Gudidja Marralda Gwarrdon Digital Indigenous Knowledge Centre (IKC)
Address: 11 Knot Street, Doomadgee
Operating hours:
- 9am to 4pm daily.
Western Downs Regional Local Government Area
Chinchilla Community Centre
Address: 67-71 Middle Street, Chinchilla
Operating hours:
- 8.30am to 4.00pm, Monday to Friday until Friday 17 April.
Community Recovery Hubs
Community Recovery hubs are a place where residents who are experiencing hardship can apply for grants and obtain emotional and wellbeing support.
Some hubs may be council-led*.
Our Community Recovery workers will assist with grant applications and offer referrals to other community organisations and government agencies for further assistance.
Carpentaria Shire Local Government Area
Normanton Library and Visitor Information Centre
Address: Cnr Landsborough and Caroline Streets, Normanton
Operating hours:
- Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 April
- 10am to 4pm.
Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Local Government Area
Doomadgee Indigenous Knowledge Centre
Address: 11 Knot Street, Doomadgee (opposite Powerhouse)
Operating hours:
- Friday 10 to Sunday 12 April
- 9am to 4pm.
Note: The Doomadgee Indigenous Knowledge Centre is available for grants support during regular business hours prior to the opening of this Hub.