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The Exceptional Circumstances Professional Advice and Planning Grant (ECPAPG) provides eligible farm enterprises up to $5,500 (GST inclusive) to access professional business and financial advice to develop written business plans incorporating drought and risk management strategies.

Previous Professional Advice and Planning Grant recipients can access an additional $2,200 to re-evaluate your plans after a minimum of 6 months. You must have applied for and used this additional grant prior to your EC area end date or 30 June 2010 (whichever is earliest).

If you are eligible, the Exceptional Circumstances Professional Advice and Planning Grant can:

  • assist you in planning to maintain or increase the productivity or profitability of your business
  • provide funding to help you prepare for or manage your business in times of drought or climate variability
  • allow you to undertake an independent review of your farming business.

Eligibility

You may be eligible for the Exceptional Circumstances Professional Advice and Planning Grant if you are a farmer and:

  • are in an Exceptional Circumstances declared area
  • have been farming for more than 2 years
  • meet an asset test.

Note: Farmers in prima facie and interim declared areas are not eligible.

Only 1 grant per farm business will be issued and additional eligibility criteria may need to be met.

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Claiming

You will need to complete a Claim for Exceptional Circumstances Professional Advice and Planning Grant form and lodge it with us by 30 June 2010 or by the end of your EC end date (whichever is earliest).

For a claim form, you can:

Claim outcome

We will send you a letter advising if your claim is successful, and details of your payments.

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You always have the right to appeal any decision made by Centrelink.

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