Social Security AGDRP Victoria Bushfires Amendment Determination 2026 Adds Additional Locations
Summary
The Department of Home Affairs has amended the Social Security (AGDRP—Victoria—Bushfires) Determination 2026 to include additional locations for adversely affected persons. Schedule 1 of the amendment incorporates changes through LIN 26/050 and applies the extensions retrospectively. The Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment scheme now covers additional specified bushfire-affected areas in Victoria beyond those previously designated.
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This legislative instrument amends the Social Security (AGDRP—Victoria—Bushfires) Determination (No. 9) 2026 by adding additional designated locations for persons adversely affected by Victoria bushfires. The amendment extends eligibility for the Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment to residents of these newly specified areas. Affected individuals in the newly designated bushfire-affected locations may now lodge claims for the disaster recovery payment. The instrument is administered by the Department of Home Affairs and forms part of Australia's bushfire disaster response framework.
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Social Security (AGDRP—Victoria—Bushfires) Amendment (Adversely Affected Persons—Additional Locations) Determination 2026
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- Department of Home Affairs
Latest version F2026L00450 20 April 2026
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- 1 Name
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Authority
- 4 Schedules
- Schedule 1—Amendments
- Social Security (AGDRP—Victoria—Bushfires) Determination (No. 9) 2026
- 7 Application of amendments by LIN 26/050
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