Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) - Floods
Eligibility
Applications for all household payments under the DRFA have now closed for all local government areas.
To be eligible for financial assistance, residents must have lived in a declared Local Government Area or community at the time of the event and:
- have been evacuated
- experienced inundation (flooding) to their house
- received damage to their house due to cyclonic winds
- isolated from essential services due to their primary place of residence (house) impacted by floods or cyclone
- unable to access essential services (for example, shops in your community closed due to floods or cyclone).
Eligible communities impacted by floods
The table below outlines declared LGAs and the types of assistance available. If you’re not sure which LGA you live in, see find your council.
| Katherine LGA | Coomalie LGA | Litchfield LGA | Roper Gulf LGA | Victoria Daly LGA | West Daly LGA | Darwin LGA | Palmerston LGA | Belyuen LGA | Wagait LGA |
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Immediate Relief Payments | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
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Re-establishment Assistance for essential household items | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | ||||
Temporary Accommodation Reimbursement | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
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Removal of debris, personal & financial counselling for Local Governments and individuals | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Counter Disaster operations & Reconstruction of Essential Public Assets for NT and Local Governments | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
*: Roper Gulf (Beswick and Jilkminggan), Victoria Daly (Nauiyu, Daly River), West Daly (Palumpa), Coomalie and Litchfield (only homes directly impacted and confirmed through flood impact assessments).
Unincorporated areas
Unincorporated areas are also included. See them listed below.
| Greater Darwin | Cox-Daly | Marrakai-Douglas Daly |
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Removal of debris by local councils, personal & financial counselling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Counter Disaster operations & Reconstruction of Essential Public Assets for NT and Local Governments | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Immediate Relief Payments | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Re-establishment Assistance for essential household items | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Temporary Accommodation Reimbursement | Closed | Closed | Closed |
Note: eligibility criteria, payment dates and application openings are to be confirmed.
Barkly and Central Australia
Disaster assistance was extended to Barkly and Central Desert communities, including residents of Imangara (Murray Downs) and affected pastoralists, following severe flooding across Central Australia.
Eligible residents could access financial support, including immediate relief payments, temporary accommodation assistance and re-establishment grants to help replace essential household items.
Additional support is also available for primary producers and local councils, including freight subsidies and funding for clean-up operations, emergency works and infrastructure repairs.
Read more about the flooding – Northern Regions.
Eligible communities impacted by floods
The table below outlines declared LGAs and the types of assistance available. If you’re not sure which LGA you live in, see find your council.
Alice Springs LGA | Barkly LGA | Central Desert LGA | MacDonnell LGA | |
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Immediate Relief Payments | Closed | Closed | ||
Re-establishment Assistance for essential household items | Closed | Closed | ||
Temporary Accommodation Reimbursement | Closed | Closed | ||
Removal of debris by local councils, personal & financial counselling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Counter Disaster operations & Reconstruction of Essential Public Assets | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Freight Subsidy to primary producers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Grants to non-profit organisations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
*Barkly (Murray Downs and some pastoralists), Central Desert (some pastoralists)
Need help or have questions
You can check your balance online or email dcfwelfare.drfa@nt.gov.au.