Disaster Ready Fund

The Australian Government established the Disaster Ready Fund (DRF) to help communities protect themselves against the impacts of natural hazards across Australia.

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On 7 September 2022, the Australian Government announced its flagship disaster resilience and risk reduction initiative, committing $1 billion nationally through the DRF over five years, from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2028.

The DRF provides investment in disaster mitigation across infrastructure and systemic disaster risk reduction projects, to address one or multiple natural hazards, including extreme weather events and geological hazards.

Only Australian state and territory governments are eligible to apply to the DRF and the NSW Reconstruction Authority is the jurisdictional lead agency and applicant on behalf of NSW.

Funding rounds

Program objectives

The DRF supports projects that:

  • increase the understanding of natural hazard impacts, as a first step towards reducing disaster impacts
  • increase the resilience, adaptive capacity and preparedness of governments, community service organisations and communities to minimise the potential impact and reduce future natural disaster risks
  • reduce the exposure to risk, harm and severity of impacts, including reducing the recovery burden for governments, vulnerable cohorts, and affected communities.
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Disaster Ready Fund - Round 4

Round 4 of the Disaster Ready Fund (2026-2027) is expected to open in early to mid-2026.

Please continue to monitor the Australian Government's Disaster Ready Fund webpage for updates.

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Previous funding rounds

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Frequently asked questions

Round 1 FAQs

Round 2 FAQs

Round 3 FAQs

Get in touch

If you have any questions or would like to receive future correspondence regarding the DRF, please contact drfnsw@reconstruction.nsw.gov.au

Please note: The DRF team can only share publicly available information. Additional details and applicant guidance will be provided once the EOI process opens.

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