New Zealand Disaster Recovery Allowance

Support for eligible New Zealanders who've lost income as a direct result of Western Queensland heavy rain and flooding that started in March 2025.

You have until 14 October 2025 to make a claim for the following Local Government Areas (LGAs):

  • Balonne
  • Barcaldine
  • Barcoo
  • Blackall-Tambo
  • Boulia
  • Bulloo
  • Burke
  • Carpentaria
  • Central Highlands
  • Charters Towers
  • Cloncurry
  • Croydon
  • Diamantina
  • Doomadgee
  • Etheridge
  • Flinders
  • Longreach
  • Maranoa
  • Mount Isa
  • Murweh
  • Paroo
  • Quilpie
  • Richmond
  • Winton.

To see emergency information about your LGA, you can enter your address into the Queensland Government’s find your local council tool.

Page last updated: 16 April 2025.
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