NSW Rural Assistance Authority
8.30am - 4.30pm Mon-Fri
Provides assistance programs which encourage self-reliance, facilitate appropriate change and mitigate extreme events while being aware of the welfare of the people in the targeted business. Assistance measures include: � Natural Disaster Relief Assistance - assists primary producers & small businesses affected by a declared natural disaster � Special Conservation Scheme - promoting improved land management practices in NSW � Research Scholarship Program - supporting research work by students enrolled in universities located in NSW or the ACT which assist in 'building productive and sustainable agricultural businesses and/or sustainable and successful rural communities' � Administration of the Farm Debt Mediation Act - Provides for the efficient and equitable resolution of farm debt disputes