2025-26 Flooding and severe weather exceptional circumstances packages
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About the DRFA exceptional circumstances packages
The 2025-26 Flooding and severe weather events includes a suite of exceptional circumstances funding developed to support those severely impacted by the Queensland Monsoon Trough, Cyclone Koji, Cyclone Narelle and Severe Weather, commencing 24 December 2025 event.
Refer to the DRFA activations summary for the details of the DRFA measures activated for each council for the event.
To date, the following DRFA exceptional circumstances package components have been announced:
Environment
The Community Relief Fund is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments to support Queensland communities in their clean-up efforts following an event.
The Environmental Recovery Program will support recovery, improve the condition of (and build resilience into) the impacted national park environments following the event.
Economic
$12 million for emergency fodder support to sustain livestock and mitigate the impacts of flooding and loss of pasture in areas impacted by the floods.
$11.5 million for the Cloncurry Airport Recovery and Renewal Project damaged as a result of the North Queensland Monsoon Trough.
Up to $75,000 are available for affected primary producers to hire or purchase equipment and materials, clean up, remove debris, replace fencing and other costs associated with the recovery process.
Offering wrap-around care for impacted farmers, with access to financial and human counselling, feral pest and locust management, and industry recovery and resilience officers.
$9.98 million Disaster Recovery Grants for small businesses to support clean-up, repairs and the replacement of essential equipment and stock so operations can sustain and jobs are protected.
The $0.99 million Small Business Recovery Assistance Grants are designed to address medium to long term recovery needs where impacts are ongoing and compounding, and where loan-based assistance alone is insufficient to prevent business failure
Human & Social
The $4.26 million Mental Health Program will fund psychosocial health and wellbeing initiatives for flood affected communities and vulnerable Queenslanders.
Roads and Transport
Provides timely support to enable state and local government-owned essential public assets to be restored to a more resilient standard to strengthen northern Queensland.
Monitoring and Evaluation
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is a thorough way for QRA to demonstrate the programs we invest in are making a difference.
QRA Reference: QRATF/26/87.
Last updated 24 March 2026.