Assistance for Severely Affected Regions (Special Appropriation) (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Act 2020

The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated to the extent of $1 billion for the purposes of making payments to support communities, regions and industry sectors affected by the economic impacts of the Coronavirus known as COVID‑19.

Without limiting subsection (1), the purpose in that subsection includes the following:

helping businesses and other organisations identify:

alternative markets, including export markets; and

alternative suppliers and supply chains;

promoting and supporting Australia’s tourism industry;

designing and delivering support measures for affected communities, regions and industry sectors;

designing and delivering recovery measures for affected communities, regions and industry sectors;

supporting those recovery measures;

reimbursing Commonwealth entities, including the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Director of National Parks, for fees and charges that are waived;

making payments to a State or Territory for a purpose set out in another provision of this section.