Prepare your primary producer business for disasters

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Primary producer disaster checklists

Use our primary producer disaster resources to help you prevent, prepare, respond and recover from disasters or emergencies.

Being prepared can help reduce damage to your property, livestock and crops and get you back to business quickly.

Primary producers can include:

agriculture and farms
livestock industries
fishing
forestry
horticulture
nurseries and gardens.

Download the Small business disaster hub app for Apple iOS or Android to access this information offline and receive relevant alerts.

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Types of disasters and emergencies

Choose the disaster or emergency most likely to impact your business.

Natural disasters

Cyclone and storm surge
Severe storm
Flood
Bushfire
Drought

Major health event

Pandemics (e.g. COVID-19)
Epidemics (e.g. mosquito borne diseases such as dengue, malaria)
Localised outbreaks (e.g. Legionnaires' disease, diseases from animal contact)
Food poisoning or contamination

Emergency

Biosecurity threats (pest and animal disease outbreaks)
Workplace accidents or deaths
Dangerous material spills, leaks or explosions
Loss of power or infrastructure
Major transport disasters
Terrorist or major criminal incidents
Climate change risks

Drought

Information technology (IT) threat

Cyber-attack or data hacking
IT failure

Reputation incident

Highly negative media or social media coverage
Rumour-driven crisis
Inappropriate workplace behaviour (e.g. bullying, harassment)
Organisational misdeeds and legal action (e.g. fraud, theft)

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Contact

Small business hotline: 1300 654 687

General enquiries: 13 QGOV (13 74 68)

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