2015-06-23 I&S Agenda - Item 5 - Local Disaster Recovery Plan - Attachment 2

                            Noosa Local Disaster Recovery Plan 2015/2016

has been activated, to understand the exact nature and details of NDRRA funding that
pertains to that event.

A full description of the latest Federal Government funding arrangements is provided on the
Australian Government’s Attorney General Department’s Disaster Assist website:
http://www.disasterassist.gov.au.

The Queensland Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements – guidelines are available on
the State Government’s website: http://disaster.qld.gov.au/.


16.2 Category A and B arrangements
The Category A measure is a form of emergency assistance that is given to individuals to
alleviate their personal hardship or distress arising as a direct result of a natural disaster.

Assistance may be for one or more of the following:
   emergency food, clothing or temporary accommodation
   repair or replacement of essential items of furniture and personal effects;
   essential repairs to housing, including temporary repairs and repairs necessary to
    restore housing to a habitable condition
   demolition or rebuilding to restore housing to a habitable condition
   removal of debris from residential properties to make them safe and habitable
   extraordinary counter disaster operations of direct assistance to an individual (for
    example, operations to protect a threatened house or render a damaged house safe
    and habitable)
   personal and financial counselling aimed at alleviating personal hardship and distress
    arising as a direct result of the natural disaster
   extraordinary costs associated with the delivery of any of the above forms of assistance
    (for example, costs of evacuation or establishment and operation of evacuation centres
    and recovery centres, being costs which exceed the costs that a state could reasonably
    have expected to incur for these purposes)
The Category B measure is assistance of one of the following types:
   restoration or replacement of certain essential public assets damaged as a direct result
    of a natural disaster
   loans, subsidies or grants list in the Commonwealth Determination to alleviate the
    financial burden of costs incurred by certain businesses, primary producers, voluntary
    non-profit bodies and individuals as a direct result of a natural disaster
   counter disaster operations for the protection of the general public
Category B loans, subsidies or grants may be one or more of the following:
   a scheme of loans assistance at a concessional interest rate to needy individuals or
    voluntary non-profit bodies
   freight subsidy to primary producers
   interest rate subsidy to small businesses or primary producers, or
   grants to needy individuals or voluntary non-profit bodies

16.3 Category C arrangements
The Category C measure is a community recovery package designed to support a holistic
approach to the recovery of regions, communities or sectors severely affected by a natural
disaster. Funding under Category C arrangements are activated on joint agreement between
Prime Minister and Premier. The package comprises one or more of the following:

16.3.1 Community recovery fund
A community recovery fund is provided in circumstances where a community is severely
affected and needs to restore social networks, community functioning and community
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