We have information in different languages about Disaster Recovery Allowance
Disaster Recovery Allowance
Disaster assistance payments audio
For Centrelink payments and services, you can call our multilingual phone service.
You have until 8 September 2025 to make a claim for the following areas:
- Armidale
- Ballina
- Bellingen
- Byron
- Clarence Valley
- Coffs Harbour
- Dungog
- Glen Innes Severn
- Kempsey
- Kyogle
- Lismore
- Lord Howe Island and any other islands within 3 nautical miles
- Mid-Coast
- Nambucca Valley
- Port Macquarie-Hastings
- Richmond Valley
- Tenterfield
- Tweed.
To see emergency information about your LGA, you can enter your address into the New South Wales Government’s find your local council tool.