❓ Hon Martin Aldridge asks about the expenditure of the $104.5 million DRFA package for Cyclone Seroja recovery. The answer details the funds spent to date, including direct grants, operational costs, and additional funding allocated to affected communities.
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(1) I refer to the $104.5 million Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) package for communities impacted by Cyclone Seroja and I ask, what is the total amount of the $104.5 million DRFA funding spent to date? (2) What is the total amount of the $104.5 million DRFA funding that has been directly dispersed to families, businesses, and communities from grant applications?
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Answered
9 May 2023
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services
Response time
1 days
The Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DFRA) Recovery Package for STC Seroja includes:
· Primary Producer Recovery Grants
· Small Business Recovery Grants
· Recovery and Resilience Grants for Insured Residents
· Clean-up and Restoration of Community, Recreational, Cultural, and Heritage Assets Program
· Community Welfare and Outreach Program
(1)-(2) As of 31 March 2023, total expenditure under the DRFA Recovery Package was $8 858 483. Total funds expended include funds disbursed to community members directly through the recovery grants, reimbursements to local governments, and funds expended on operational and administrative costs.
The total amount which has been directly dispersed to grant applications as of 31 March was $4 830 662. The remaining funds expended include the operational expenses for the Department of Communities, Community Welfare, and Outreach program, the operational expenses to administer and deliver the Cyclone Seroja recovery grants and Reimbursements to local governments through the Community and Recreational Asset Clean-Up and Restoration Program.
The amounts above do not include $27.3 million in additional funding to TC Seroja affected areas outlined below:
- $9.2 million in additional funding allocated to impacted communities to aid recovery from TC Seroja, including:
o $500 000 to all eligible impacted local governments
o $400 000 additional funding for the Shire of Northampton
o $200 000 additional funding for the Shire of Chapman Valley
o $200 000 additional funding for the Shire of Mingenew
o $200 000 additional funding for the Shire of Morawa
o $200 000 additional funding for the Shire of Perenjori
- $2.2 million State Government assistance package
- $2 million in State Government contribution to the Lord Mayor’s Distress Relief Fund Appeal
- $3.5 million through the Construction Training Fund Disaster Recovery Grant
- $3.1 million in State Government electricity relief grants
- $2.3 million through the small business and individual $4,000 grants program;
- $2.3 million through the Department of Communities' emergency assistance program;
- $2.2 million in Water Corporation service waivers;
- $280,000 through Western Power relief grants to customers impacted by damage to Western Power’s network.
- $220,000 in tourism marketing support to attract travellers back to the Coral Coast; and
- Associated costs of over 15,000 hours committed to the recovery process by DFES personnel, community recovery officers, and other agencies since September 2021.
· Primary Producer Recovery Grants
· Small Business Recovery Grants
· Recovery and Resilience Grants for Insured Residents
· Clean-up and Restoration of Community, Recreational, Cultural, and Heritage Assets Program
· Community Welfare and Outreach Program
(1)-(2) As of 31 March 2023, total expenditure under the DRFA Recovery Package was $8 858 483. Total funds expended include funds disbursed to community members directly through the recovery grants, reimbursements to local governments, and funds expended on operational and administrative costs.
The total amount which has been directly dispersed to grant applications as of 31 March was $4 830 662. The remaining funds expended include the operational expenses for the Department of Communities, Community Welfare, and Outreach program, the operational expenses to administer and deliver the Cyclone Seroja recovery grants and Reimbursements to local governments through the Community and Recreational Asset Clean-Up and Restoration Program.
The amounts above do not include $27.3 million in additional funding to TC Seroja affected areas outlined below:
- $9.2 million in additional funding allocated to impacted communities to aid recovery from TC Seroja, including:
o $500 000 to all eligible impacted local governments
o $400 000 additional funding for the Shire of Northampton
o $200 000 additional funding for the Shire of Chapman Valley
o $200 000 additional funding for the Shire of Mingenew
o $200 000 additional funding for the Shire of Morawa
o $200 000 additional funding for the Shire of Perenjori
- $2.2 million State Government assistance package
- $2 million in State Government contribution to the Lord Mayor’s Distress Relief Fund Appeal
- $3.5 million through the Construction Training Fund Disaster Recovery Grant
- $3.1 million in State Government electricity relief grants
- $2.3 million through the small business and individual $4,000 grants program;
- $2.3 million through the Department of Communities' emergency assistance program;
- $2.2 million in Water Corporation service waivers;
- $280,000 through Western Power relief grants to customers impacted by damage to Western Power’s network.
- $220,000 in tourism marketing support to attract travellers back to the Coral Coast; and
- Associated costs of over 15,000 hours committed to the recovery process by DFES personnel, community recovery officers, and other agencies since September 2021.
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