The Australian and Queensland Governments have announced further assistance for Queenslanders impacted by the SEQ storms on Christmas night.
Disaster Assistance and Essential Working Capital Loans are now available for affected small businesses, primary producers and not-for-profits in City of Gold Coast, Scenic Rim Regional Council and Logan City Council to assist with the repair and recovery of essential equipment, and for loss of income.
Freight subsidies are also being made available to primary producers to alleviate the costs of moving stock and operating materials.
Assistance is being provided through the joint Commonwealth-state Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
This assistance is in addition to the personal hardship grants and other assistance previously announced for the three hard-hit local government areas.
To further measure the impacts of the SEQ weather event on small businesses, a new SEQ Natural Disaster Business Survey has been launched on the Business Queensland website (www.business.qld.gov.au).
