Marble Bar Storm - Premier's Relief Payment

Submissions are now being accepted. Submissions close at midnight 21 March 2025 (AWST).

IMPORTANT: Please read the information below to assist with completing your application online.

General Information

The Premier’s Relief Payment provides financial assistance to eligible residents whose home was:

  • located within the path of the storm associated with the Marble Bar Storm (the event) on 23 January 2025, and;
  • significantly damaged or destroyed by the event.

The payment is to help cover costs for essential items, personal effects, transport and emergency accommodation.

The Premier’s Relief Payment is comprised of the following:

  • Full Payment: A one-off payment of $4,000 per household for eligible applicants whose home was destroyed or suffered severe damage and is uninhabitable because of the event.
  • Partial Payment: A one-off payment of $2,000 per household for eligible applicants whose home suffered partial damage because of the event.

NOTE: For the purposes of this relief payment:

  • Minor damage that is associated with normal seasonal storms is not eligible. This may include minor roof leaks, overflowing gutters, minor displacement of roof tiles, or damage to fences and garden contents including vegetation and debris.
  • A home means your usual place of residence, being the area and/or residential dwelling where a person normally lives, sleeps and eats. Residential dwellings are structures capable of long-term human habitation and include houses, apartments (or units), semi-detached or duplex homes, villas, terrace houses, townhouses, granny flats and transportable buildings.

Only one (1) relief payment will be made per household. The main occupant is the primary resident eligible to apply under this scheme.

Eligibility Criteria

All the following eligibility criteria must be met to apply:

  • The applicant’s home was destroyed or damaged by the event associated with the Marble Bar Storm (the event) on 23 January 2025;
  • The home was located in the path of the storm;
  • The home was used as a usual place of residence up to 23 January 2025;
  • The applicant is the main occupant of the home, and;
  • An application has not already been submitted on behalf of the household for the affected home for this event.

When applying online:

Make sure you save your application as you go. If you need to close the application and haven’t finished it yet, press 'save and close' and log out. When you log back in and click on the My Submissions link at the top of the screen, you will find a list of any applications you have started or submitted. You can reopen your draft application and start where you left off.

When you’re finished, press Review and Submit at the bottom of the Navigation Panel. Make sure you read your application carefully and ensure all your details and information are correct, because once you press Submit you can’t edit it. You will not be able to submit your application until all the compulsory questions are completed and there are no validation errors.

Click Submit at the top or bottom of the screen or on the navigation panel when you’re ready. You’ll then get an email confirmation with your final application attached. If you don’t get this email your application may not have been submitted and you need to contact 1800 490 678. 

Further Information

For queries about the guidelines, deadlines, or completing the online application, please contact the Recovery Grants Team on 1800 490 678 during business hours 9am - 4pm, Monday to Friday.

Or email recoverygrants@dfes.wa.gov.au and quote your submission number.

To view the Premier’s Relief Payment Guidelines for the Marble Bar Storm Click Here.