Natural disaster declarations

A disaster declaration is a frequently updated list of Local Government Areas (LGAs) that have been impacted by a natural disaster. With a disaster declaration for their area, affected communities and individuals can access a range of special assistance measures.

Disaster declarations are issued by the NSW Government and incorporate an Australian Government reference number (AGRN).

Last updated: 09 March 2023

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Financial year 2022-23

	Disaster types	Name of disaster	Local Government Area	Assistance available
AGRN 1049	NSW Severe Weather and Flooding	Dubbo and Wollongong Severe Storm 9 February 2023	Dubbo Wollongong	Primary producers: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Transport subsidies up to $15,000 Small business: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Not-for-profit organisations: Concessional loans up to $25,000
AGRN 1047	NSW Severe Weather and Flooding	Port Macquarie Hastings Severe Storm 3 February 2023	Port Macquarie Hastings	Primary producers: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Transport subsidies up to $15,000 Small business: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Not-for-profit organisations: Concessional loans up to $25,000
AGRN 1034	NSW Severe Weather and Flooding	NSW Flooding from 14 September 2022 onwards	Albury Balranald Bathurst Bega Valley Berrigan Bland Blayney Bogan Bourke Brewarrina Cabonne Carrathool Central Coast Central Darling Cobar Coolamon Coonamble Cootamundra-Gundagai Cowra Dubbo Edward River Eurobodalla Federation Forbes Gilgandra Glen Innes Severn Goulburn Mulwaree Greater Hume Griffith Gunnedah Gwydir Hawkesbury Hay Hilltops Inverell Junee Lachlan Leeton Kyogle Lismore Lithgow Liverpool Plains Lockhart Moree Plains Mid-Western Murray River Murrumbidgee Muswellbrook Nambucca Valley Narrabri Narrandera Narromine Oberon Orange Parkes Queanbeyan-Palerang Richmond Valley Shellharbour Shoalhaven Snowy Monaro Snowy Valleys Tamworth Temora Unincorporated Area Upper Hunter Upper Lachlan Uralla Wagga Wagga Walcha Walgett Warren Warrumbungle Weddin Wentworth Wingecarribee Yass Valley	Primary producers: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Transport subsidy up to $15,000 Grants up to $25,000 Small business: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Recovery grants up to $50,000 Not-for-profit/community organisations: Concessional loans up to $25,000 Donated fodder transport subsidy Recovery grants up to $50,000 Sporting clubs: Concessional loans up to $10,000
AGRN 1030	Severe Weather and Flooding	Southern and Central West NSW Flooding from 4 August 2022 onwards	Albury Bland Cabonne Carrathool Cootamundra-Gundagai Dubbo Forbes Gilgandra Goulburn Mulwaree Griffith Gunnedah Hilltop Junee Leeton Liverpool Plains Moree Plains Murrumbidgee Narrandera Narromine Queanbeyan-Palerang Snowy Monaro Snowy Valleys Temora Wagga Wagga Warren Warrumbungle Weddin Yass Valley	Primary producers: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Transport subsidy up to $15,000 Small business: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Recovery grants up to $50,000 Not-for-profit/community organisations: Concessional loans up to $25,000 Donated fodder transport subsidy Recovery grants up to $50,000 Sporting clubs: Concessional loans up to $10,000
AGRN 1025	Severe Weather and Flooding	NSW Severe Weather and Flooding from 27 June 2022 onwards	Bayside Blacktown Blue Mountains Bogan Bourke Brewarrina Cabonne Camden Campbelltown Canterbury Bankstown Central Coast Cessnock Cowra Cumberland Dubbo Dungog Fairfield Georges River Hawkesbury Hornsby Kempsey Kiama Lake Macquarie Lithgow Liverpool Maitland Mid Coast Muswellbrook Nambucca Narromine Newcastle Northern Beaches Oberon Penrith Port Macquarie Hastings Parkes Parramatta Port Stephens Randwick Shellharbour Shoalhaven Singleton Strathfield Sutherland The Hills Upper Lachlan Walgett Warren Wingecarribee Wollondilly Wollongong	Primary producers: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Transport subsidies up to $15,000 Grants up to $75,000 Small business: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Small business: Grants up to $50,000 Not-for-profit organisations: Concessional loans up to $25,000 Sporting clubs: Concessional loans up to $10,000 Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant

Previous financial years

Financial year 2021-22

AGRN	Disaster types	Name of disaster	Local Government Area	Assistance available
1027	Storm	Wingecarribee Severe Storm - 19 April 2022	Wingecarribee	Primary producers: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Transport subsidies up to $15,000 Small business: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Not-for-profit organisations: Concessional loans up to $25,000 Sporting clubs: Concessional loans up to $10,000 Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant
1014	Storm and flood	Broken Hill Severe Thunderstorm 15 March 2022	Broken Hill	Primary producers: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Transport subsidies up to $15,000 Small business: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Not-for-profit organisations: Concessional loans up to $25,000 Sporting clubs: Concessional loans up to $10,000 Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant
1012	Severe weather and floods	NSW Severe Weather and Flooding from 22 February 2022 onwards	Armidale Ballina Bayside Bega Bellingen Blacktown Blue Mountains Byron Camden Campbelltown Canterbury Bankstown Central Coast Cessnock Clarence Valley Coffs Harbour Cumberland Dungog Eurobodalla Fairfield Georges River Glen Innes Severn Goulburn Mulwaree Hawkesbury Hornsby Inner West Kempsey Kiama Ku-Ring-Gai Kyogle Lake Macquarie Lismore Lithgow Liverpool Maitland MidCoast Mid-Western Muswellbrook Nambucca Newcastle Northern Beaches Parramatta Penrith Port Macquarie/Hastings Port Stephens Queanbeyan Palerang Richmond Valley Ryde Shellharbour Shoalhaven Singleton Snowy Monaro Strathfield Sutherland Tenterfield The Hills Tweed Upper Hunter Waverley Wingecarribee Willoughby Wollondilly Wollongong	Primary producers: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Transport subsidies up to $15,000 Small business: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Not-for-profit organisations: Concessional loans up to $25,000 Sporting clubs: Concessional loans up to $10,000 Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant Small business: Grants up to $50,000 Primary producer: Grants up to $75,000
1001	Storms and Floods	Southern NSW storms and floods from 5 January 2022 onwards	Albury Berrigan Bland Shire Blayney Shire Central Darling Shire Cootamundra Gundagai Shire Edward River Federation Shire Goulburn Mulwaree Greater Hume Shire Griffith Hay Shire Hilltops Junee Shire Leeton Lockhart Shire Narrandera Snowy Valleys Shire Temora Upper Lachlan Shire Weddin	Primary producers: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Transport subsidies up to $15,000 Small business: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Not-for-profit organisations: Concessional loans up to $25,000 Sporting clubs: Concessional loans up to $10,000 Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant Small business: Grants up to $50,000 Primary producer: Grants up to $50,000
996	Storm	Lithgow severe storm and flash flooding as of 11 January	Lithgow	Primary producers: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Transport subsidies up to $15,000 Small business: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Not-for-profit organisations: Concessional loans up to $25,000 Sporting clubs: Concessional loans up to $10,000 Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant Small business: Grants up to $50,000 Primary producer: Grants up to $50,000
993	Storm	Northern Beaches severe storm as of 19 December 2021	Northern Beaches	Primary producers: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Transport subsidies up to $15,000 Small business: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Not-for-profit organisations: Concessional loans up to $25,000 Sporting clubs: Concessional loans up to $10,000 Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant Small business: Grants up to $50,000
992	Storms and floods	NSW storms and floods from 30 July 2021 onwards	Forbes Upper Lachlan Shire	Primary producers: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Transport subsidies up to $15,000 Small business: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Not-for-profit organisations: Concessional loans up to $25,000 Sporting clubs: Concessional loans up to $10,000 Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant
989	Storm and Tornado	Narrabri storm and tornado of 30 September 2021	Narrabri	Primary producers: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Transport subsidies up to $15,000 Small business: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Not-for-profit organisations: Concessional loans up to $25,000 Sporting clubs: Concessional loans up to $10,000 Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant
987	Severe weather and flooding	NSW severe weather and flooding 9 November 2021 onwards	Balranald Bathurst Bega Valley Berrigan Bland Blayney Blue Mountains Bogan Bourke Brewarrina Broken Hill Cabonne Central Darling Cobar Coonamble Cootamundra-Gundagai Cowra Dubbo Eurobodalla Federation Forbes Gilgandra Glen Innes Severn Goulburn-Mulwaree Greater Hume Gunnedah Gwydir Hilltops Inverell Kyogle Lachlan Shire Lismore Lithgow Liverpool Plains Lockhart Mid-Western Moree Plains Muswellbrook Narrabri Narromine Oberon Orange Parkes Port Macquarie Hastings Queanbeyan-Palerang Richmond Valley Shoalhaven Singleton Snowy Monaro Snowy Valleys Tamworth Tenterfield Upper Hunter Upper Lachlan Walcha Walgett Warren Warrumbungle Weddin Wentworth Yass Valley and Unincorporated Area of NSW	Primary producers: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Transport subsidies up to $15,000 Small business: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Not-for-profit organisations: Concessional loans up to $25,000 Sporting clubs: Concessional loans up to $10,000 Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant Small business: Grants up to $50,000 Primary producer: Grants up to $50,000
982	Severe weather	Severe weather event across NSW from 23 October onwards	Wollondilly	Primary producers: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Transport subsidies up to $15,000 Small business: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Not-for-profit organisations: Concessional loans up to $25,000 Sporting clubs: Concessional loans up to $10,000 Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant
981	Storm and flood	NSW storms and floods from 22 August onwards	Oberon
980	Severe weather	North East NSW severe weather from 20 October onwards	Coffs Harbour	Primary producers: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Transport subsidies up to $15,000 Small business: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Not-for-profit organisations: Concessional loans up to $25,000 Sporting clubs: Concessional loans up to $10,000 Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant Small business: Grants up to $50,000
979	Storm	Armidale storm from October 14 2021 onwards	Armidale	Primary producers: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Transport subsidies up to $15,000 Small business: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Not-for-profit organisations: Concessional loans up to $25,000 Sporting clubs: Concessional loans up to $10,000 Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant
975	Storm and flood	NSW storms and floods from 16 July 2021 onwards	Glen Innes Severn Inverell	Primary producers: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Transport subsidies up to $15,000 Small business: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Not-for-profit organisations: Concessional loans up to $25,000 Sporting clubs: Concessional loans up to $10,000 Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant

Financial year 2020-21

AGRN	Disaster types	Name of disaster	Local Government Area
976	Storm	NSW Storms from 10 June 2021 onwards	Cabonne
970	Storm and flood	Southern NSW Storms and Floods from 5 May 2021 onwards	Bega Valley Eurobodalla Shoalhaven Wingecarribee
967	Storm	Snowy Valleys Storms from 3 February 2021 onwards	Snowy Valleys
960	Storm and flood	NSW Storms and Floods 10 March 2021 onwards	Armidale Ballina Bathurst Bega Valley Bellingen Blacktown Blue Mountains Bogan Brewarinna Byron Cabonne Camden Campbelltown Canterbury Bankstown Central Coast Central Darling Cessnock City Council Clarence Valley Cobar Coffs Harbour City Coonamble Cumberland Dungog Shire Eurobodalla Fairfield Georges River Gilgandra Glen Innes Severn Goulburn Mulwaree Greater Hume Gunnedah Gwydir Hawkesbury Hornsby Hunters Hill Inner West Inverell Kempsey Ku-ring-gai Kyogle Lachlan Lake Macquarie City Lismore Lithgow Liverpool Liverpool Plains Maitland City Mid-Coast Moree Plains Muswellbrook Nambucca Valley Narrabri Narromine Newcastle City Northern Beaches Oberon Parramatta Penrith Port Macquarie-Hastings Port Stephens Queanbeyan-Palerang Richmond Valley Shoalhaven Singleton Snowy Monaro Sutherland Tamworth Temora Tenterfield The Hills Tweed Upper Lachlan Uralla Walcha Walgett Warren Wingecarribee Wollondilly
959	Storm	Eurobodalla Storms from 26 December 2020 onwards	Eurobodalla
954	Storm and flood	NSW Storms and Floods: 19 February 2021 onwards	Clarence Valley Coffs Harbour Kyogle Lismore Nambucca Valley Port Macquarie-Hastings Richmond Valley
948	Storm and flood	NSW Storms and Floods: 2 January 2021 onwards	Glen Innes Severn Narromine Parkes Tamworth
943	Storm and flood	NSW Storms and Floods: 10 December 2020 onwards	Armidale Ballina Bellingen Byron Clarence Valley Coffs Harbour Glen Innes Severn Gwydir Shire (extension as at 13 February 2021) Inverell Kempsey Kyogle Lismore Moree Plains Shire (extension as at 13 February 2021) Nambucca Valley Port Macquarie-Hastings Richmond Valley Tamworth Regional (extension as at 13 February 2021) Tenterfield Shire (extension as at 13 March 2021) Tweed
949	Storm	NSW Storms: 2 December 2020 onwards	Brewarrina Glen Innes Severn Warren
945	Storm	NSW Storms: 28 November 2020 onwards	Hilltops Upper Lachlan Weddin Wingecarribee
936	Storm and flood	NSW storms and floods: 20 October 2020 onwards	Armidale Bega Valley Central Coast Eurobodalla Mid-Coast Shoalhaven Snowy Valleys Tamworth
938	Storm	Central NSW Storms: 18 August 2020	Cabonne Oberon
923	Storm and flood	NSW Storms and Floods: 5 August 2020 onwards	Bega Valley Eurobodalla Goulburn Mulwaree Hilltops (extension as at 5 October 2020) Kiama Liverpool (extension as at 5 October 2020) Orange Queanbeyan-Palerang Shellharbour Shoalhaven Snowy Monaro Sutherland Upper Lachlan Wingecarribee (extension as at 5 October 2020) Wollongong Yass Valley
922	Storm and flood	NSW Storms and Floods: 25 July 2020 onwards	Bega Valley Central Coast(extension as at 9 October 2020) Eurobodalla Kiama Shellharbour Shoalhaven Newcastle Wingecarribee (extension as at 9 October 2020)

Financial year 2019-20

AGRN	Disaster types	Name of disaster	Local Government Area
918	Storm and flood	Western NSW Storms and Floods: 10 to 12 April 2020	Coonamble Gilgandra Lachlan Parkes Warren Warrumbungle
917	Storm and flood	Western NSW Storms and Floods: 3 to 4 April 2020	Bogan Central Darling Cobar Gilgandra Parkes
919	Storm and flood	Cabonne Shire Storms and Floods: 25 March 2020 onwards	Cabonne
916	Flood	Western NSW Floods: 26 February 2020 onwards	Bogan Bourke Brewarrina
898	Storm and flood	NSW Storms and Floods: 15 January 2020 onwards	Armidale Ballina Bathurst Bayside Bega Valley Bellingen Blacktown Blayney Blue Mountains Burwood Byron Cabonne Camden Campbelltown Canada Bay Canterbury-Bankstown Central Coast Cessnock Clarence Valley Coffs Harbour Coonamble Cumberland Dungog Eurobodalla Fairfield Georges River Gilgandra Glen Innes Severn Goulburn Mulwaree Hawkesbury Hornsby Hunter's Hill Inner West Kempsey Ku-ring-gai Kyogle Lake Macquarie Lane Cove Lismore Lithgow Liverpool Liverpool Plains Lord Howe Island Maitland Mid-Coast Mid-Western Mosman Nambucca Valley Narromine Narrabri Newcastle North Sydney Northern Beaches Oberon Parkes Parramatta Penrith Port Macquarie-Hastings Port Stephens Queanbeyan-Palerang Randwick Richmond Valley Ryde Shellharbour Shoalhaven Snowy Monaro Snowy Valleys Strathfield Sutherland Sydney Tamworth Tenterfield The Hills Tweed Upper Hunter Upper Lachlan Walgett Warrumbungle Waverley Willoughby Wingecarribee Wollondilly Wollongong Woollahra
878	Storm	NSW Storms: 26 November 2019 onwards	Campbelltown Canterbury-Bankstown Hawkesbury Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Lane Cove Liverpool Northern Beaches Sutherland Willoughby
881	Storm	Sydney and Southern Highlands Storms: 5 September 2019 onwards	Campbelltown Canterbury-Bankstown Hawkesbury Hornsby The Hills Wingecarribee
871	Bushfire	NSW Bushfires: 31 August 2019 onwards	Armidale Ballina Bega Valley Bellingen Blue Mountains Byron Central Coast Cessnock Clarence Valley Coffs Harbour Cootamundra-Gundagai Dungog Eurobodalla Glen Innes Severn Goulburn Mulwaree Greater Hume Gwydir Hawkesbury Inverell Kempsey Ku-ring-gai Kyogle Lake Macquarie Lismore Lithgow Mid-Coast Mid-Western Muswellbrook Nambucca Valley Narrabri Oberon Penrith Port Macquarie-Hastings Queanbeyan-Palerang Richmond Valley Shoalhaven Singleton Snowy Monaro Snowy Valleys Sutherland Tamworth Tenterfield Tweed Upper Hunter Upper Lachlan Uralla Wagga Wagga Walcha Wingecarribee Wollondilly
880	Bushfire	NSW North Coast Bushfires: Commencing 18 July 2019 onwards	Clarence Valley Kempsey Kyogle Mid-Coast Nambucca Valley Port Macquarie-Hastings Richmond Valley

Financial year 2018-19

AGRN	Disaster types	Name of disaster	Local Government Area
911	Storm and flood	Berrigan Shire Storms – 29 June 2019 onwards	Berrigan
869	Flood	NSW – Carrathool Floods: 22 April 2019 onwards	Carrathool
868	Storm and flood	Central West and Orana Storms and Floods: 29 March 2019 onwards	Gilgandra Warrumbungle
864	Bushfire	Tenterfield Bushfires: 9 March 2019 onwards	Tenterfield
843	Bushfire	Northern NSW Bushfires: 11 February 2019 onwards	Armidale Inverell Kyogle Tenterfield
862	Bushfire	Tamworth Regional and Upper Hunter Bushfires: 11 February 2019 onwards	Tamworth Upper Hunter
867	Bushfire	Singleton and Muswellbrook Bushfires: 11 February 2019 onwards	Muswellbrook Singleton
861	Storm	Eastern NSW Storms: 8 February 2019 onwards	Cumberland Hornsby Liverpool Parramatta The Hills Wollongong
857	Storm and flood	Hilltops and Cootamundra-Gundagai Storms and Floods: 5 February 2019 onwards	Cootamundra-Gundagai Hilltops
856	Storm	Parkes and Greater Hume Storms: 22 and 23 January 2019 onwards	Greater Hume Parkes
860	Bushfire	Snowy Valleys Bushfires: 17 January 2019 onwards	Snowy Valleys
845	Storm and flood	Inland New South Wales Storms and Floods: 11 January 2019 onwards	Bathurst Goulburn Mulwaree Hilltops Snowy Valleys
853	Bushfire	Parkes and Cabonne (Curembenya) Bushfire: 5 January 2019 onwards	Cabonne Parkes
866	Bushfire	Newcastle (Kooragang Island) Bushfires: 5 January 2019 onwards	Newcastle
855	Bushfire	Tamworth (Halls Creek Road) Bushfire: 3 January 2019 onwards	Tamworth
851	Bushfire	Glen Innes Severn (Highland Creek) Bushfire: 25 December 2018 onwards	Glen Innes Severn
834	Storm and flood	NSW Storms and Floods: 20 December 2018	Armidale Ballina Bellingen Blacktown Camden Canada Bay Canterbury-Bankstown Central Coast Clarence Valley Cumberland Dubbo Dungog Fairfield Hornsby Lithgow Liverpool Mid-Coast Muswellbrook Nambucca Valley Northern Beaches Parramatta Penrith Ryde Sydney Tamworth The Hills Upper Hunter Upper Lachlan Walcha Warrumbungle Waverley Woollahra
833	Storm and flood	NSW Storms and Floods: 13 December 2018 onwards	Blacktown Cabonne Campbelltown Canterbury-Bankstown Clarence Valley Hornsby Inverell Lachlan Orange Parramatta Ryde Sutherland The Hills Wollondilly
847	Bushfire	Armidale (Melrose) Bushfire: 1 December 2018 onwards	Armidale
842	Bushfire	Port Stephens and Cessnock Bushfires: 22 November 2018 onwards	Cessnock Port Stephens
841	Bushfire	Tamworth (Rockview) Bushfire: 30 October 2018 onwards	Tamworth
820	Bushfire	Bega Valley and Eurobodalla bushfires: 15 August 2018 onwards	Bega Valley Eurobodalla
819	Bushfire	Cessnock and Port Stephens bushfires: 15 August 2018 onwards	Cessnock Port Stephens
824	Bushfire	Clarence Valley and Glen Innes Severn bushfires: 14 August 2018 onwards	Clarence Valley Glen Innes Severn
823	Bushfire	Richmond Valley, Lismore and Kyogle bushfires: 12 August 2018 onwards	Kyogle Lismore Richmond Valley
818	Bushfire	Shoalhaven bushfires: 11 August 2018 onwards	Shoalhaven

Natural disaster declarations

Financial year 2022-23

Disaster types

Name of disaster

Local Government Area

Assistance available

AGRN 1049

AGRN 1047

AGRN 1034

AGRN 1030

AGRN 1025

Previous financial years