Strengthen your business after the bushfires and floods
The Strengthening Business program provided businesses affected by bushfires or floods with a no-cost facilitation service.
Participating businesses were paired with an independent local facilitator who assessed their operations and produced a Strengthening Business Roadmap with recommendations to strengthen systems, operations, strategies and resilience.
You can apply if your business meets the eligibility criteria. The eligibility criteria are a set of rules that describe who we can consider for this opportunity. You can apply if you:
- have a current Australian business number (ABN)
- are not a trust. Trustees may apply on behalf of trusts where the trustee is a legal business entity, and must be an incorporated entity. An individual is not able to apply on behalf of a trust.
You must also have been operating in one of the local government areas impacted by the:
- 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires, flood emergencies and COVID-19 in New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria
- 2022 floods in New South Wales and Queensland.
These areas have been determined in consultation with the National Emergency Management Agency and relevant state government organisations.
Locations for the 2019–2020 Black Summer bushfires - New South Wales:
- Armidale Regional Council
- Bega Valley Shire Council
- Bellingen Shire Council
- Blue Mountains City Council
- Cessnock City Council
- Clarence Valley Council
- Eurobodalla Shire Council
- Glen Innes Severn Shire Council
- Hawkesbury City Council
- Kempsey Shire Council
- Kyogle Council
- Lithgow City Council
- Mid-Coast Council
- Nambucca Shire Council
- Oberon Council
- Port Macquarie-Hastings Council
- Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
- Richmond Valley
- Shoalhaven City Council
- Singleton Council
- Snowy Monaro Regional Council
- Snowy Valleys Council
- Tenterfield Shire Council
- Walcha Council
- Wingecarribee Shire Council
- Wollondilly Shire Council
Locations for the 2019–2020 Black Summer bushfires - South Australia:
- Adelaide Hills Council
- Kangaroo Island Council
- Mount Barker Council
Locations for the 2019–2020 Black Summer bushfires - Victoria:
- Alpine Shire Council
- East Gippsland Shire Council
- Towong Shire Council
Locations for 2022 floods in New South Wales:
- Ballina Shire Council
- Byron Shire Council
- Dungog Shire Council
- Lismore City Council
- Mid-Western Regional Council
- Muswellbrook Shire Council
- Tweed Shire Council
- Upper Hunter Shire Council
Locations for 2022 floods in Queensland:
- Balonne Shire Council
- Brisbane City Council
- Bundaberg Regional Council
- Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council
- Fraser Coast Regional Council
- Gladstone Regional Council
- Gold Coast City Council
- Goondiwindi Regional Council
- Gympie Regional Council
- Ipswich City Council
- Lockyer Valley Regional Council
- Logan City Council
- Moreton Bay Regional Council
- Noosa Shire Council
- North Burnett Regional Council
- Redland City Council
- Scenic Rim Regional Council
- Somerset Regional Council
- South Burnett Regional Council
- Southern Downs Regional Council
- Sunshine Coast Regional Council
- Toowoomba Regional Council
- Western Downs Regional Council
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Last updated: 12 February 2026