Tropical Cyclone Kirrily: CCS period of emergency expanded to include an additional LGA 

This content was published on Monday 29 January 2024. There may be more recent updates available.

29 January 2024

We have expanded the existing Child Care Subsidy (CCS) period of emergency for parts of North Queensland due to Tropical Cyclone Kirrily.

The CCS period of emergency that applies from 25 January to 6 February 2024 now includes the following local government areas:

We continue to monitor the situation and will provide updates as required.

The following support is available in affected regions during the CCS period of emergency:

you can continue to get CCS if your service closes as a direct result of the emergency
you can waive the gap fee if a child doesn’t attend, or your service is closed, during the CCS period of emergency
families will get unlimited allowable absences for the duration of the CCS period of emergency.

Support after the emergency

The following support may help you recover after an emergency:

you may be eligible for a Community Child Care Fund special circumstances grant if the emergency threatens your service’s ability to stay open after the event, and you have already accessed other disaster support
families may be able to access additional absences if they’ve exhausted their allowable absences
families may be eligible for Additional Child Care Subsidy if they experience temporary financial hardship due to an emergency that happened in the last 6 months.

You may be eligible for other government disaster support:

The Australian Government provides help for people affected by natural disasters. Find out whether you're eligible on the Services Australia website.
Your state or territory government may provide additional support in the event of a natural disaster. Find out more at qld.gov.au.