Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment (AGDRP) is to help you if the disaster caused major damage to your home or major assets that you own at your home. It can also help if you were seriously injured or your immediate family member has died or is missing.

You may be eligible for this payment if you or an eligible child you care for were directly affected in one or more of the following ways:

• major damage to your principal place of residence
• major damage to a major asset or assets that you own at your principal place of residence
• serious injury
• an immediate family member who is an Australian citizen or resident has died or is missing.

You have until 19 October 2026 to make a claim for the following areas:

• Leslie Manor in Corangamite Local Government Area (LGA)
• Woodfield in Mansfield LGA.

You have until 5 August 2026 to make a claim for the following areas:

• Acheron in Murrindindi LGA
• Alexandra in Murrindindi LGA
• Arapiles in Horsham and West Wimmera LGAs
• Avenel in Mitchell and Strathbogie LGAs
• Barkers Creek in Mount Alexander LGA
• Berringama in Towong LGA
• Bullioh in Towong LGA
• Bungil in Towong LGA
• Carlisle River in Colac Otway LGA
• Carranballac in Pyrenees LGA
• Cathkin in Murrindindi LGA
• Caveat in Murrindindi LGA
• Cobram in Moira LGA
• Creightons Creek in Strathbogie LGA
• Crooked River in Wellington LGA
• Devils River in Murrindindi LGA
• Dropmore in Murrindindi LGA
• Duchembegarra in Horsham LGA
• Fawcett in Murrindindi LGA
• Gellibrand in Colac Otway LGA
• Ghin Ghin in Murrindindi LGA
• Gobur in Murrindindi LGA
• Gooram in Strathbogie LGA
• Harcourt in Mount Alexander LGA
• Harcourt North in Greater Bendigo and Mount Alexander LGAs
• Highlands in Mitchell and Murrindindi LGAs
• Irrewillipe in Colac Otway LGA
• Kanumbra in Murrindindi LGA
• Kawarren in Colac Otway LGA
• Koetong in Towong LGA
• Koriella in Murrindindi LGA
• Larralea in Corangamite LGA
• Limestone in Murrindindi LGA
• Longwood in Strathbogie LGA
• Longwood East in Strathbogie LGA
• Lucyvale in Towong LGA
• Maintongoon in Murrindindi LGA
• Meredith in Golden Plains LGA
• Merton in Mansfield and Murrindindi LGAs
• Mitre in Horsham and West Wimmera LGAs
• Molesworth in Murrindindi LGA
• Mount Mercer in Golden Plains LGA
• Murrindindi in Murrindindi LGA
• Natimuk in Horsham LGA
• Noradjuha in Horsham LGA
• Quantong in Horsham LGA
• Ravenswood South in Mount Alexander LGA
• Ruffy in Murrindindi and Strathbogie LGAs
• Separation Creek in Colac Otway LGA
• Shelley in Towong LGA
• Simpson in Colac Otway and Corangamite LGAs
• Skipton in Corangamite and Pyrenees LGAs
• Streatham in Ararat and Pyrenees LGAs
• Sutton Grange in Mount Alexander LGA
• Tarcombe in Mitchell and Strathbogie LGAs
• Terip Terip in Murrindindi LGA
• Thologolong in Towong LGA
• Thornton in Murrindindi LGA
• Upton Hill in Strathbogie LGA
• Vectis in Horsham LGA
• Walmer in Mount Alexander LGA
• Walwa in Towong LGA
• Whanregarwen in Murrindindi LGA
• Whiteheads Creek in Mitchell LGA
• Yarck in Murrindindi LGA
• Yarroweyah in Moira LGA.

Funding Available:  You may be eligible for a one-off payment of $1,000 per adult and $400 per child.

To be eligible for this payment, you must be both of these:

• adversely affected in a declared area.
• an Australian resident or eligible under other residence rules

Adversely affected means that you or an eligible child you care for must have been directly affected by the declared disaster. This includes one or more of the following:

• major damage to your principal place of residence
• major damage to a major asset or assets that you own at your principal place of residence
• serious injury
• an immediate family member who is an Australian citizen or resident has died or is missing.

To claim AGDRP, at the time of this disaster you must be either:

• 16 or older
• under 16 and get an eligible payment.

You can include any eligible child you care for at the time of this disaster in your claim.

You can only get AGDRP once for this disaster.