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Frequently asked questions

No. Grant funds must be paid into a bank account in the same name as your application or trading entity. For example, if your enterprise operates as a partnership, grant funds can only be paid into your partnership account. 

No. To be eligible for assistance, all wheelchair-accessibility devices must be purchased new. Any reused equipment will not be eligible.

Yes, the cashflow budget template provided by QRIDA is not mandatory. If you have your own cashflow budget template then you are able to provide this to QRIDA as part of your loan application. However, please note that an itemised monthly cashflow is required for all applications, preferably in a financial year (July to June) format.

Normal staffing costs are ineligible unless they can demonstrate additional costs are incurred for clean-up and reinstatement purposes.

• Permanent employees (including permanent full-time and permanent part-time) – only the costs of additional hours worked (e.g. overtime or extra hours / days) to assist with the clean-up and reinstatement of the enterprise
• Contractors, casuals or temporary staff - who are engaged specifically for clean-up and reinstatement of the enterprise. If contractors, casuals or temporary staff are already employed, however, the day to day labour requirement which they were originally contracted to do has decreased or ceased altogether due to the eligible disaster, and they are assisting with clean up, these costs for clean-up and reinstatement purposes only may be eligible.

Evidence required could include payroll summary verifying staff and wage costs incurred for clean-up and reinstatement purposes only and signed by the applicant.

Yes. The assistance is available for the purchase, hire or lease costs for equipment essential to undertake clean-up activities. Generally, purchase costs should not exceed hire or lease costs. 

No. Producers are not required to implement any options provided in the report.

Both the farmer and the mortgagee should keep accurate records and evidence of the service of notices together with copies of all notices served or given on each other.

No. QRIDA oversees the Farm Debt Restructure Office including the Farm Business Analysis Assistance application process and the pre-approved panel of  financial independent consultants. The purpose of the program is to provide independent specialist rural financial advice.

QRIDA’s Regional Area Managers located throughout Queensland can help refer potential applicants to the Farm Debt Restructure Office for assistance.

No. The Farm Business Analysis Assistance provides specific, independent expert financial advice for the primary producer in addition to their regular accountant, financial advisor or Rural Financial Counsellor. An eligible primary producer can select a consultant from a pre-approved panel of independent consultants overseen by QRIDA.

The Rural Financial Counselling Service which is funded by the Australian Government often provides assistance and support to a primary producer over a period of up to 3 years whereas the Farm Business Analysis Assistance is a more timely and immediate review of the producer’s financial situation and future restructure, repair and recovery options.

No. Assistance only relates to obtaining professional services in compiling the analysis report. If the producer seeks to implement options from the Farm Business Analysis Assistance, they do so at their own cost.

This is included under the ‘key definitions’ link which details the criteria for the application of the Act.

The farmer will need to check their balance/s and if this occurs raise it with the mortgagee first and then if not satisfied, raise it with QRIDA.

A written representation is required that needs to be provided to QRIDA within 20 business days from receipt of the notice.

A Heads of Agreement can be revoked by completing a Notice S29 Revoking Head of Agreement.

The Farm Debt Restructure Office will aim to provide applicants with a decision within 15 business days of receiving a complete application.

Your project should commence within 90 days and should be completed, with approved funding drawn within six months from entering into a letter of offer with QRIDA. If your Farm Business Resilience Plan outlines projects over a longer duration, these should be the subject of another application for grant funding after completion of the current project.

30 business days.

There is no prescribed timeframe and mediation may involve one or more meetings. The mediator can provide more specific information as it generally depends on what is agreed by the parties to mediation.

The farmer is allowed 20 business days after the day the Enforcement Action Notice is served on the farmer. If the farmer does not ask for mediation within this time, the mortgagee may apply for an exemption certificate to proceed with enforcement action under the farm mortgage.

10 business days.

The process is to be completed within eight weeks from approval of assistance. This may be subject to the availability of the parties involved and information. Where circumstances arise that warrant an extension, the Farm Debt Restructure Office must be notified to formalise a deferral to a later date.

This depends on your licence and the symbols attached to your licence. Please refer to the below table for a summary of what you can be entitled to.

You require an approved unit for each primary and each powered tender boat you are using in your commercial fishing operation. Please refer to the Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019 for further details. 

Up to $300 of the cost of category A units and $750 of category B units.