The pilot Regional Small Business Support Program (RSBSP) ended on 30 June 2023.
Established in January 2020, the RSBP was delivered through the Rural Financial Counselling Service (RFCS). The program provided free financial counselling to small regional businesses experiencing financial hardship due to:
- drought
- the 2019– 20 bushfires
- COVID-19
- flooding events in 2022 and 2023.