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Natural Disaster Relief
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Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements

Natural disasters can cause substantial damage to local government owned assets.  It is the responsibility of local government to carry out on-the-spot emergency works and to restore their assets.


However, when a severe natural disaster occurs causing damage to these assets in excess of $240,000 (including roads, bridges and Crown lands), the NSW Treasurer or his delegate may issue a Natural Disaster Declaration. Under these circumstances the Australian and NSW Governments provide financial assistance to local government through Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements for emergency work and restoration of damaged local assets.


NSW Public Works, through the Department of Services, Technology and Administration (DSTA), formerly known as the NSW Department of Commerce, administers financial assistance for both emergency and restoration works, other than those involving roads, bridges and Crown lands, on behalf of NSW Treasury. The Roads and Traffic Authority and the Department of Lands administer financial assistance for damage to roads and bridges and damage to Crown lands respectively.

 

To make a claim

 

Please read the section Applying for financial assistance and submit a claim on the form supplied on that page.

 

Contacts

 

Information regarding applications, eligibility of works and grant offer conditions should be referred to your nearest NSW Public Works office:

 

Sydney Region

Sydney

Leon Martens

Tel: 9852 0112

Fax: 9852 0264

Mob: 0429 929 466

2 Burbank Place

BAULKHAM HILLS NSW 2153

North Coast Region

Lismore

David Neven

Tel: 6626 5620

Fax: 6626 5666

Mob: 0411 154 420

Dalley Street

LISMORE NSW 2480

South Coast Region

Wollongong

Tony McCabe

Tel: 4226 8542

Fax: 4226 8534

Mob: 0411 233 116

84 Crown Street

WOLLONGONG NSW 2500

 

Hunter New England Region

Newcastle

Roger Davison

Tel: 4908 4935

Fax: 4908 4954

Mob: 0412 260 845

Level 2, 117 Bull Street

NEWCASTLE WEST NSW 2302

Tamworth

Steve Hansen

Tel: 6768 4230

Fax: 6768 4233

Mob: 0427 200 609

454-456 Peel Street

TAMWORTH NSW 2340

 

Riverina Western Region

Bathurst

Trevor Liu

Tel: 6339 5928

Fax: 6339 5949

Mob: 0427 226 104

140 Williams Street

BATHURST NSW 2795

 

Dubbo

Chris Evans

Tel: 6885 9301

Fax: 6885 9300

Mob: 0418 490 014

34 White Street

DUBBO NSW 2830

 

Hay

Neil Evans

Tel: 6993 1208

Fax: 6993 2137

Mob: 0408 694 062

414 Moppett Street

HAY NSW 2711

 

Program Administration

Sydney

Neil Birks

Tel: 9372 8871

Fax: 9372 8866

 

2 – 24 Rawson Place

SYDNEY NSW 2000

 


 

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