Payments
Eligibility
You may be eligible for the Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment (AGDRP) if you are:
- aged at least 16 years, or
- receiving a Centrelink income support payment, and
- adversely affected by a major disaster.
Adversely affected
In the past, adversely affected has included situations where:
- a person was present at the location of a disaster and suffered a serious physical injury
- the disaster caused the death of a person's immediate family member
- the person’s principal place of residence sustained major damage or was destroyed.
Major disaster
Examples of major disasters have included:
- Storms and flooding in South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales - May 2009
- Victorian bushfires: January/February 2009
- North Queensland floods: January/February 2009
- Mumbai Crisis - November 2008
- South East Queensland storms - November 2008.