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Small Business Recovery Assistance Grant - 2025 Western Queensland Surface Trough

Department of Customer Services, Open Data and Small and Family Business

Funding amountUp to $15,000
Total poolTotal pool: $3,000,000 (multiple grants offered)
DeadlineCloses Fri, 21 Aug 2026
RegionQLD

Overview

This grant provides crucial financial support to small businesses in defined disaster areas that have experienced significant disruptions and losses associated with the Western Queensland Surface Trough and Associated Rainfall and Flooding (21 March – 19 May 2025) event. This program is intended to help small businesses that either couldn’t trade or experienced at least a 60 per cent drop in revenue compared to the same time last year.

Eligibility

To be eligible for this grant, your business must: - have less than 20 employees (by headcount) at both the time of the disaster and the time of application. Employee headcount refers to the number of individuals employed by the business, including full-time, part-time, and casual employees. Each person is counted as one, regardless of the number of hours worked - have an annual turnover of less than $10 million - have an active Australian Business Number (ABN) and have held that ABN at both the time of disaster and the time of application - be registered for GST at both the time of the disaster and the time of application - be located within one of the following local government areas: Barcoo Shire Council Boulia Shire Council Bulloo Shire Council Diamantina Shire Council Longreach Shire Council Murweh Shire Council Paroo Shire Council Quilpie Shire Council Winton Shire Council - have been actively trading immediately prior to being affected by the disaster event - demonstrate an intent to continue or continued in business after the disaster event - not be insolvent or have owners/directors that are undischarged bankrupt - demonstrate that, for a consecutive period of at least 14 days due to the impact of the specified disaster event, your business either: was completely unable to conduct trading activities or experienced a decrease in revenue of at least 60% compared to the same 14-day period in 2024* *If your business has been actively trading for less than 12 months – and you are unable to compare revenue to the same 14-day period in the previous year – you will need to provide copies of a Business Activity Statement (BAS) for Q2 and Q3 for the 2024-25 Financial Year that shows a 60% reduction in revenue as a result of the disaster. If your business has been trading for less than 12 months and has not submitted a BAS for Q2, you will not be eligible for this grant. If you operate more than one small business – for example, under a single ABN at separate locations – you may apply for assistance for each eligible separate business up to the maximum amount of assistance available.

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