Shire Councils across the Western Plains are looking forward to receiving tens of millions of dollars in government funding to support their communities in the next few months.

Every year, the federal government allocates all councils across Australia funding through its Financial Assistance Grant initiative.

However, in the aftermath of flooding disasters and the ongoing recovery from COVID-19, a pre-payment worth $2.1 billion from next year's grant will be provided before the end of this financial year.

Assistant Minister for Local Government Kevin Hogan called the early funds "a real shot in the arm for councils and local decision-making in these challenging times".

“I want to acknowledge the hard work of local officials – with support from our Government – in dealing with natural disasters and their aftermath at a community level," he said.

“A stable and effective local government sector is good for the nation and we will continue to do what is good for the nation through these crises.”

According to the government, each council would be allowed to spend their allocation of funds according to their local priorities.

Federal member for Parkes Mark Coulton welcomed the early funding allocation and said this would ensure the unique needs of all local communities were met.

“This will provide a vital boost for our local communities, backing local jobs and economic growth while delivering lasting upgrades that will benefit residents for years to come," Mr Coulton said.

LGAs in the Western Plains will receive the following payments through the initiative:

• Bogan Shire Council - $3,767,262
• Bourke Shire Council - $5,495,913
• Brewarrina Shire Council - $4,010,019
• Cobar Shire Council - $5,129,645
• Coonamble Shire Council - $3,625,757
• Gilgandra Shire Council - $3,361,254
• Lachlan Shire Council - $8,025,275
• Narromine Shire Council - $3,759,984
• Walgett Shire Council - $5,623,120
• Warren Shire Council - $2,532,373
• Warrumbungle Shire Council - $6,078,455

Bogan Shire Mayor Glen Neill said their allocation was around five per cent higher than the last one they received and was grateful for any funding allocation they could get.

"Any council anywhere will obviously take any money they can get with both hands," Mayor Neill said.

"Rates that we get from the community just don't cut it for the services we've got to provide so we also rely on this sort of funding from the government

"This new funding has been budgeted for and any extra funding will be absorbed into wages and insurances as well as running our medical centre and early childhood learning centre."

Walgett Shire Council Mayor Jane Keir - who recently met with Mr Coulton to discuss ongoing priorities for their community - was also pleased to hear about the funding.

She said the Walgett shire had been "enormously" impacted by both flooding and COVID and there were plenty of other local projects that needed government support.

"We’re about to start a project that has been mostly funded by the federal government building 54km of road from Walgett to Pilliga," Mayor Keir said.

"It's the only main road from Walgett to another town that is unsealed and is a main highway for grain and produce to Narrabri.

Mayor Keir said repairing damaged roads post flood damage was one of several other priorities the shire could use government funding for.

"Walgett is also desperately short of social housing - we don't have enough for the people and it's long overdue as a disadvantaged remote community," she said.

"Other big issues for Walgett include health - maintaining GPs in our communities is a huge challenge - and education, particularly in town."