Disaster Recovery Information

Updated 18, August 2025

Financial assistance and recovery support is available for eligible NSW residents affected by the recent severe weather in New England.

For more information download New England and North West - Community Financial Assistance Fact Sheet.pdf

More information here: https://www.nsw.gov.au/emergency/recovery/storm-recovery-updates/grants-payments-and-financial-support

The Primary Industries Natural Disaster Damage Assessment (PiNDDA) survey is a simple online survey which farmers, NSW Agriculture and Local Land Services NSW staff, and stakeholders can use to record damage to primary production and animals from natural disasters such as floods, fires and storms.

The PiNDDA survey allows landholders to:

 complete a simple survey identifying the number of crops, animals, infrastructure and other primary industries damaged in a single event

 add photos to the assessment

 see the severity of damage in the area.

DPIRD can view survey information in real time and results are used to determine:

 the area the natural disaster has impacted and the scale of the event

 the severity of the impact

 the value of damage to primary production sectors and enterprises

 where and what assistance or resources may be needed.

This helps the Government and communities understand the scale and regional distribution of the impact of a disaster on agriculture and target resources and assistance in an area.

To report damage, click here: www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/damagesurvey

Updated 6, August, 2025

Gunnedah Shire Council is offering free waste disposal to help residents clear flood-damaged residential and household goods from their properties.

Fees for the Gunnedah Waste Management Facility

Fees for the Gunnedah Waste Management Facility will be waived for eligible flood-generated waste when residents fill out a Flood Declaration Form.

Download the Residential Flood Declaration Form 2025-2026.pdf or pick one up at the Gunnedah Waste Management Facility.

Anyone who has already deposited flood waste at the Gunnedah Waste Management Facility may be eligible for a refund. Please take your receipt to Council’s administration building at 63 Elgin Street or phone (02) 6740 2100 to determine this.

Skip Bins

Council will be placing seven skip bins in the following locations in Gunnedah:

• Opposite 127 Maitland Street on gravel pad;
• Opposite 100 Maitland Street on town side near vacant lot;
• Opposite 163 Marquis Street near vacant lot;
• Tempest Street opposite white house on vacant lot;
• Out the front of 46 Tempest Street;
• Rosemary Street near Brown's Tyre Service on Brown's Tyre Service side; and
• Warrumbungle Street just past number 20.

Residents can dispose of flood waste in the Gunnedah Waste Management Facility or skip bins at Gunnedah until otherwise advised. Please note that some volume limits apply.

✅ Eligible flood waste that can be disposed of includes sandbags, furniture, whitegoods and general sorted domestic waste.

❌ Ineligible waste includes tyres, chemicals, liquid waste, commercial waste, mixed building waste, asbestos-containing materials and medical waste.

Impacted residents can contact the State Emergency Service on 132 500 for assistance with flood clean-up.

For flood-related financial assistance inquiries, contact:

Service NSW on 137 788 (7am to 7pm Mon to Fri - Sydney time) or

visit https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/services/financial-assistance-after-a-natural-disaster