Drought, Bushfires & Emergencies

Links to useful information on drought and other emergencies, including bushfires, plant and animal disease outbreaks and floods.

Drought support in Tasmania - Flinders Island and areas of the Midlands of Tasmania have access to full exceptional circumstances support, including the EC Interest Rate Subsidy Scheme.

Go to health for information and services for rural and regional communities.

See Australian Drought Assistance Reports on FarmPoint  

Call 000 in case of emergency. Call Tasmanian Poisons Information Service on 131 126 (24 hours a day/7 days a week) for information on acute poisoning (accidental or otherwise), bites and stings.

For news items relating to this information, go to the News section of this site and choose the relevant catagory.