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Grants of up to $50,000 are available to eligible small businesses and non-profit organisations that have suffered direct damage to their premises or equipment as a result of the NSW bushfires. Grants are designed to help cover the costs associated with the clean-up and reinstatement of entities’ operations, such as the removal and disposal of damaged goods and materials, the hire or purchase of essential goods and/or replacing stock needed to resume operations.
Information - https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-bushfire-recovery-grant-directly-impacted-small-businesses#introduction
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The Commission has adjusted its schedule in line with current health advice to limit public gatherings. The Commission has now extended the closing date for the public submission period by two weeks to 17 April 2020. Submissions can be made through the Royal Commission's online submission portal at https://naturaldisaster.royalcommission.gov.au/submissions.
Contact details for enquires about the Royal Commission:
Email: rcnda.enquiries@royalcommission.gov.au
Post: Locked Bag 2000, Manuka, ACT 2603
Call: 1800 909 826 (note this information line is currently operating on a call-back basis due to staffing arrangements relating to coronavirus).
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Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments
Amendment (Bushfire Relief) Regulation 2020
The NSW Government continues to deliver bushfire recovery assistance to help people and businesses
in NSW impacted by the 2019/2020 bushfires.
The new Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Amendment (Bushfire Relief)
Regulation 2020 allows for a person liable to pay the long service levy under the Building and
Construction Industry Long Service Payments Act 1986 to apply for an Exemption or Partial Exemption
of up to $3,500 (cost of works up to $1,000,000 incl GST). The Exemption applies to the replacement
or repair of buildings that were destroyed or damaged as a result of NSW bushfires, during the period
1 July 2019 and 2 March 2020, other than the erection of a building by or on behalf of the Crown.
Applications for Exemption are to be received directly by the Corporation in writing before 2 March
2023. On acceptance of the application, the Corporation will verify the details with the relevant LGA
and provide a certificate to the applicant confirming if the conditions of the Exemption have been met
and the value of the Exemption or Partial Exemption granted. Where a partial Exemption is granted,
any balance of levy payable must be received by the Corporation, and receipt issued, to show the full
levy liability has been satisfied in accordance with the Act.
Please find attached a copy of the Exemption Application form which is also available online via
The completed application should be forwarded to levy@longservice.nsw.gov.au
Please also be advised that where a customer has already paid the levy which would otherwise have
satisfied the conditions of this Exemption, by completing the above form, once approved, a refund
may be forthcoming.
For further advice, please contact the Corporation Helpline 13 14 41.
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Although Council has closed its in-person access at our Administration Building in Windsor, essential services including any bushfire recovery enquiries will be maintained.
Council encourages our community to use our online services at www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au or contact us by calling our Customer Service Team on 4560 4444 or by email to council@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au
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Hawkesbury City Council is required to cancel the
community session that was planned for Tuesday, 24 March at the Hawkesbury Digital
Domain at the Deerubbin Centre.
This is a precautionary measure for community members
and Council staff due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus).
In place of the drop in face-to-face session, Council is
providing a phone assistance service for
1. the NSW Government’s Bushfires Inquiry and
2. the Federal Government’s Bushfires Royal Commission.
Please call Council’s Customer Service on 4560 4444 for
assistance.
NSW
Bushfire Inquiry Submission are open until Friday, 27 March 2020.
NSW Inquiry submissions
can be made at any time at
www.nsw.gov.au/improving-nsw/projects-and-initiatives/make-a-submission-to-the-bushfire-inquiryor by calling 13 77 88 or via email inquiries@bushfireinquiry.nsw.gov.au
or in person at any
Service NSW service centre or at a Mobile Service Centre.
Royal
Commission Submissions open until Friday, 3 April 2020.
Community members now
have the chance to make submissions to the Federal Government’s Royal
Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements, also known as the
Bushfires Royal Commission. Hawkesbury City Council is encouraging community
members to make submissions.
Royal Commission
submissions can be made at any time at https://naturaldisaster.royalcommission.gov.au/submissions
or call 1800 909 826 to
make a Royal Commission submission over the phone or to request a hard copy
form.
Council is also making hard copy submission forms for both
the NSW Inquiry and the Federal Government’s Royal Commission available at various
locations in the Hawkesbury including Council’s Administration Building,
Hawkesbury Central Library Windsor, Richmond Branch Library and central
locations in Colo, Bilpin, Kurrajong, Kurrajong Heights and St Albans. The
forms are also available on Council’s website www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au
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Hawkesbury City Council will be postponing major events with an expected attendance of 500 people or more following the advice from the Federal and State Government regarding the Coronavirus (COVID 19).
This includes the ‘Hawkesbury Thank You Parade & Festival’ which was due to take place on Sunday, 29th March.
Updates on rescheduling Council’s major events will be available onwww.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au
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The Australia Government's (Services Australia) Mobile Service Centre is visiting several locations in the Hawkesbury this month. Residents can find out about payments that they may be entitled to and can also receive assistance creating their own myGov account. Dates and locations are as follows:
Bilpin Community Hall Precinct, Bells Line of Road - Wednesday, 25 March
Colo Heights Community Hall Precinct, Putty Road - Thursday, 26 March
Archibald Hotel car park, Bells Line of Road, Kurrajong Heights - Friday, 27 March
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The Australian Government has announced a new $10,000 grant for small businesses in bushfire affected areas in the Hawkesbury. This grant is to assist with costs associated with recovering followng the fires, including salaries, wages, utilities, fuel and/or financial advise.
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The NSW Government has announced funding to clean-up orchards severely damaged by the recent bushfires.
They’ll cover the cost of removing dangerous trees and damaged protective netting and posts orchards in Bilpin.
The NSW Department of Primary Industries will be contacting local orchardists to arrange for the clean-up.
The orchard clean-up is separate to the free clean-up program for residential and commercial buildings destroyed by bushfires, that is being delivered by Laing O’Rourke on behalf of the State and Federal Governments.