Welcome to the latest Newsletter
Hello to everyone,
Spring has arrived. Hopefully the NSW Covid situation will improve soon so that the current lockdown restrictions in
many regional LGA’s may be eased.
This September newsletter focuses on a selection of grant and program opportunities under the categories of:
1. COVID-19 NSW Support – Individuals: 2 Opportunities
2. COVID-19 NSW Support – Businesses: 3 Opportunities
3. Business Grants - General: 5 Opportunities
4. Community Grants: 5 Opportunities
5. Infrastructure Grants: 4 Opportunities
6. Disaster Recovery Grants: 3 Opportunities
For all grants listed in this newsletter, links are provided at the end of each category listing which will direct you to the
appropriate website for full details and how to apply for that grant or program.
In relation to Covid-19, this edition starts off with details on State and Commonwealth Government support available to
Glen Innes Severn LGA individuals and businesses effected by the current lockdown restrictions.
The closing date for Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grant Program applications has now been extended until 6 October 2021.
For more details please refer to the “Community Grants” section of this newsletter. There is also details on the latest Regional Sport
Facility Fund Round in the "Infrastructure" section.
For an update on Economic Development including grants please see the 26 August 2021 Council Business Paper, pages 120 to 128
and 139 to 144. Click here: You can also sign up to receive the Economic Development e-newsletter: Click here.
Enjoy the spring warmer weather and blooms.
Regards
Richard Quinn, Grants Officer
Glen Innes Severn Council
1. Covid-19 Support - Individuals
1.1 COVID-19 Disaster Payment - New South Wales
Open: Now
Closes: Unspecified
Value: Between $450 and $750 for each relevant period you’re eligible for.
Run By: Commonwealth Government – Services Australia
This government payment is for people who lost work and income due to New South Wales COVID-19 public health orders. The type of payment
you may be able to get depends on if you get an eligible payment or not. Eligible payments include Centrelink or Department of Veterans’ Affairs
(DVA) income support payments. Recognised NSW locations include the Glen Innes Severn LGA from 18 July 2021.
1.1.1 If you don't get a Centrelink or DVA payment:
Individuals must meet all eligibility rules to get the COVID-19 Disaster Payment - New South Wales (NSW). If you’re a sole trader, you may be
eligible for this payment. You should check if you’re eligible for a NSW business support payment first. If you want to apply for a NSW business
payment, you need to decide which is best for you. You can’t get the COVID-19 Disaster Payment and the business payment at the same time.
You can read more about business grants and financial assistance on the NSW Government website.
How much is the payment?
How much you get depends on both of the following:
• the location of the health order
• the hours of work you lost.
If you lost 8 or more but less than 20 hours or if you’ve lost a full day of work for that week, you’ll get $450 if you’re eligible. If you lost 20 hours
or more for that week, you’ll get $750 if you’re eligible. You’ll get the appropriate payment amount for each relevant period you’re eligible for.
If you’re already getting the COVID-19 Disaster Payment, you don’t need to do anything unless your circumstances have changed.
You’ll get your payment automatically. The COVID-19 Disaster Payment is tax free income and you don’t need to include it in your tax return.
To get the COVID-19 Disaster Payment, you need to meet all eligibility rules that apply:
This includes all of these rules:
• you're an Australian resident or hold a visa that gives you the right to work in Australia;
• you're 17 years or older;
• you're not getting an income support payment, Dad and Partner Pay, Parental Leave Pay or ABSTUDY Living Allowance;
• you're not getting the Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment, a state or territory pandemic payment or a state small business
payment for the same period;
• you lived or worked in or visited a Commonwealth-declared COVID-19 hotspot in NSW that is subject to a restricted movement order;
• you’ve lost hours of work and income due to a lockdown in your state and don’t have any pandemic-related paid leave entitlements;
• you were unable to earn your usual income of 8 hours or more or a full day’s work because you were in a NSW COVID-19 hotspot
and are subject to restricted movement; and
• you’re not getting your usual income and your employer is not getting Retaining Domestic Airline Capability payments on your behalf.
You meet the requirement of living or working in a Commonwealth-declared COVID-19 hotspot and may be eligible for the payment
if both of these apply:
• you live or work in an area which isn’t locked down
• you can’t work because you’re unable to cross into or out of the lockdown area.
For further details and eligibility: Click here.
1.1.2 If you get a Centrelink or DVA payment:
This is a lump-sum payment for people who get an income support payment from Centrelink or the DVA. You must also have lost hours of
work and income because of a New South Wales COVID-19 public health order.
You need to meet all eligibility rules that apply to get this payment.
This includes all of these rules:
• you’re getting an income support payment or ABSTUDY Living Allowance
• you're 17 years or older;
• you're not getting the Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment, Dad and Partner Pay, Parental Leave Pay, a state or territory pandemic
payment or a state small business payment for the same period;
• you lived or worked in or visited a Commonwealth-declared COVID-19 hotspot in NSW that is subject to a restricted movement order;
• you’ve lost hours of work and income due to a lockdown in your state and don’t have any pandemic-related paid leave entitlements;
• you reported employment income to us at least once on or after 29 April 2021 or had ongoing employment income on or after
29 April 2021 - if you’re blind and getting Age Pension or Disability Support Pension this rule does not apply; and
• you’re not getting your usual income and your employer is not getting Retaining Domestic Airline Capability payments on your behalf.
You meet the requirement of living or working in a Commonwealth-declared COVID-19 hotspot and may be eligible for the payment
if both of these apply:
• you live or work in an area which isn’t locked down
• you can’t work because you’re unable to cross into or out of the lockdown area.
Lockdown is a period of restricted movement when people must stay at home and can only leave for approved reasons.
A hotspot is an area of COVID-19 local transmission declared by the Chief Medical Officer. The Department of Health website lists
the current hotspots.
How much is the payment?
The COVID-19 Disaster Payment is $200 each week if you get an eligible income support payment. You’ll get this amount on top
of your regular payment. If you’re already getting the COVID-19 Disaster Payment, you don’t need to do anything unless your
circumstances have changed. You’ll get your payment automatically.
These are the current remaining dates for the claiming periods. You can get it even if you’re eligible on only one day during the relevant period:
Relevant period Claims open Claims close
10 August to 16 August 2021 16 August 2021 6 September 2021
17 August to 23 August 2021 23 August 2021 13 September 2021
24 August to 30 August 2021 30 August 2021 20 September 2021
31 August to 6 September 2021 6 September 2021 27 September 2021
7 September to 10 September 2021 10 September 2021 4 October 2021
When the Commonwealth Government has granted your claim for COVID-19 Disaster Payment, you'll get automatic payments for future
periods unless you tell them your circumstances have changed. If lockdown continues without a break and there’s no changes in your
circumstances, you don’t need to claim again.
The COVID-19 Disaster Payment is tax free income. You don’t need to include it in your tax return or report it as income to the
Commonwealth Government.
For further details and eligibility: Click here.
1.2 Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment – New South Wales
Open: Now
Closes: Not Specified
Value: $1,500 for each 14-day period you’ve been told to self-isolate or quarantine,
or are caring for someone with COVID-19 for eligible applicants.
Run By: Commonwealth Government - Services Australia
Provides a lump sum financial assistance to limit the financial hardship for eligible individuals in New South Wales who are unable to earn an
income having been informed by a health official in the state they live and/or work to self-isolate or quarantine due to COVID-19.
Claimants are required to complete an application by telephone or by submitting a completed claim form by fax to Services Australia.
The easiest way to claim is over the phone. A claim will be assessed by Services Australia against the eligibility criteria before making
payment and claimants will be notified by letter if their claim has been granted or rejected. Where requested, a claimant may also need to
provide evidence of meeting the eligibility criteria for the payment.
Services Australia makes every effort to process claims as quickly as possible. Depending on individual circumstances, payments can be
released in real time to the claimant’s Australian bank account.
Further details and eligibility: Click here.
2. Covid-19 Support - Business
Service NSW is working with Commonwealth, State and Local Government and the private sector to bring together all the support and services
available to assist New South Wales small businesses.
2.1 Jobsaver Payment
Open: Now
Closes: 11.59pm, 18 October 2021
Value: Minimum $1,500 per week. Maximum $100,000 per week
Run By: NSW Government – Service NSW in coordination with the Commonwealth Government
If you’re a business, sole trader or not-for-profit organisation in NSW and you've been impacted by the recent COVID-19 restrictions,
you may be eligible for the 2021 COVID-19 JobSaver payment.
JobSaver will provide cash flow support to impacted businesses in Greater Sydney and regional NSW to help maintain their NSW employee headcount.
You'll need to nominate the 2-week period in which your business first experienced the required decline in turnover on or after the start of the
JobSaver scheme on 18 July 2021. Once approved, payments will be made in arrears and will begin from that nominated fortnight.
The payment will be equivalent to 40% of the weekly payroll for work performed in NSW:
• minimum payment will be $1,500 per week
• maximum payment will be $100,000 per week.
Larger businesses in the hospitality, tourism and recreation industries with a turnover more than $250 million and up to $1 billion may be
eligible for a larger weekly payment under the extension to the JobSaver scheme. For more information: Click here:
Weekly payroll should be determined by referring to the calculations underlying the most recent Business Activity Statement (BAS) provided
to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) prior to 26 June 2021 for the 2020–21 financial year. See the guidelines for more information about
calculating your weekly payroll.
If you’re a non-employing business, such as a sole trader, you may be eligible to receive a payment of $1,000 per week.
Eligible businesses can use JobSaver to cover business costs incurred due to the impacts of the public health order in NSW.
These costs may include:
• salaries and wages
• utilities and rent
• financial, legal or other advice
• marketing and communications
• perishable goods
• other business costs.
A qualified accountant, registered tax agent or registered BAS agent may apply for the JobSaver payment on behalf of your business.
Your accountant will need to provide a Letter of Authority from you to show that they are authorised to act on behalf of your business
if they are not listed as an associate on the Australian Business Register.
Use this linked guide to compare the 2021 COVID-19 support grants and work out which one suits your situation: Click here.
For further details and eligibility: Click here.
2.2 2021 Micro-Business Covid-19 Grant
Open: Now
Closes: 11.59pm, 18 October 2021
Value: Fortnightly payment of $1,500
Run By: NSW Government – Service NSW in coordination with the Commonwealth Government
If you’re a micro-business (small business, sole trader or not-for-profit organisation with aggregated annual turnover between $30,000 and $75,000)
impacted by the recent COVID-19 restrictions, you may be eligible to apply for a fortnightly payment of $1,500.
The 2021 COVID-19 micro-business grant provides cash flow support for micro-businesses in New South Wales who have had their work
impacted by the restrictions while continuing to incur business costs.
Eligible businesses will need to nominate the 2-week period in which they first experienced the required decline in turnover.
Eligible applicants can use the grant for business costs incurred due to the impacts of the public health order in NSW and for which no
other government support is available, including:
• salaries and wages
• utilities and rent
• financial, legal or other advice
• marketing and communications
• perishable goods
• other business costs
A qualified accountant, registered tax agent or registered BAS agent may apply for the grant on behalf of your business. Your accountant
will need to provide a letter of authority from you to show that they are authorised to act on behalf of your business if they are not listed as
an associate on the Australian Business Register.
Applications will close after 11:59pm on 18 October 2021.
Use this linked guide to compare the 2021 COVID-19 support grants and work out which one suits your situation: Click here.
For further details and eligibility: Click here.
2.3 2021 Covid-19 Business Grant
Open: Now
Closes: 11.59pm, 18 October 2021
Value: Fortnightly payment of $1,500
Run By: NSW Government – Service NSW in coordination with the Commonwealth Government
If you’re a business, sole trader or not-for-profit organisation in NSW and you've been impacted by the recent COVID-19 restrictions,
you may be eligible for a one-off grant of $7,500, $10,500 or $15,000.
The 2021 COVID-19 business grant provides support for businesses that experienced reduced demand or had to close due to the
public health orders. It will provide businesses across NSW with cash flow support for the first 3 weeks of the restrictions (26 June to 17 July 2021).
For support from week 4 of the restrictions (18 July 2021 onwards), see Apply for the JobSaver payment listed above.
Eligible applicants across Greater Sydney and regional NSW can use the business grant for business costs incurred from 1 June 2021 to 17 July 2021,
including:
• salaries and wages
• utilities and rent
• financial, legal or other advice
• marketing and communications
• perishable goods
• other business costs.
A qualified accountant, registered tax agent or registered BAS agent may apply for the grant on behalf of your business. Your accountant
will need to provide a letter of authority from you to show that they are authorised to act on behalf of your business if they are not listed as
an associate on the Australian Business Register.
Applications will close after 11:59pm on 13 September 2021.
Use this linked guide to compare the 2021 COVID-19 support grants and work out which one suits your situation: Click here.
For further details and eligibility: Click here.
3. Business Grants - General
3.1. NSW Government – Mice Control Support Program – Farmers Buying Zinc Phosphide
Open: Now
Closes: 17 December 2021
Value: A rebate of 50 per cent on zinc phosphide purchases, up to $10,000.
Run By: NSW Government – Rural Assistance Authority
Primary producers impacted by the 2021 mouse plague may be eligible to claim a rebate for the purchase of zinc phosphide ahead of spring. Farmers experiencing financial hardship due to the mouse plague may be eligible for assistance with purchasing costs of zinc phosphide to provide financial and cash flow relief.
If you are a primary producer in an eligible Local Government Area, you may be eligible to claim ;
• a rebate of 50 per cent on zinc phosphide purchases, up to $10,000.
The rebate covers purchases of zinc phosphide bait between 1 January 2021 to 17 December 2021.
Applications can be made through the NSW Rural Assistance Authority (RAA) and are open until 17 December 2021. All invoices must be submitted to the RAA by 28 January 2021.
Further information, eligibility and criteria: Click here.
3.2 Industrial Transformation Research Hubs - 2022 Funding
Open: Now
Closes: 15 October 2021
Value: Up to $1 Million per year up to 5 years
Run By: Commonwealth Government – Australian Research Council
Research Hubs engage Australia's best researchers to develop collaborative solutions to the strategic priorities. The focus is on the creation of industry and academic partnerships working together on research and development projects to create innovative and transformative solutions for industry.
The current Industrial Transformation Priorities are:
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Cyber Security
• Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
• Medical Technologies and Pharmaceuticals
• Mining Equipment, Resources Technology and Services, Critical Minerals Processing
• Oil, Gas and Energy Resources
• Recycling and Clean Energy
• Defence
• Space
Food, Beverage and Agribusiness, and Recycling and Clean Energy may be applicable for this LGA, subject o the grant guidelines and criteria.
Further details, guidelines and criteria. Click here.
3.3 English Family Foundation - Ingnitor Fund
Open: Now
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $100,000
Run By: English Family Foundation
Under this grant program the foundation are seeking to support Australian social enterprise changemakers who are finding new and innovative solutions to tackle the most pressing issues within their local communities and who are now looking to build capacity to overcome the challenges of taking their concept to scale to be impact investment ready.
The foundation are looking to partner with organisations who have developed their proof of concept and are now seeking ignitor funds to scale to the next stage of their development and demonstrate impact and “investor readiness”. This program could also apply to intrapreneurs in established grassroots charities who are looking to scale the sustainability of their model and diversify their funding sources.
For further details and criteria: Click here.
3.4 Impact Investment Ready Growth Grant
Open: Now
Closes: Currently ongoing rounds during the year
Value: Up to $140,000
Run By: Impact Investment Ready
The Impact Investment Ready Growth Grant provides impact businesses and mission-driven organisations with grants of up to $140,000 for business, financial, legal and other capacity building support from providers to secure investment.
Growth Grants were created in recognition of the potential for impact investing to change the way Australia addresses social issues and the important role that access to capital can play in delivering better outcomes for people and communities. They support enterprises that are high growth, can deliver positive social outcomes and have the potential to secure capital investment.
For further details: Click here.
3.5 Business Energy Advice Program
Open: Now
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Expert advice
Run By: Australian Government – Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
This program provides personalised advice to small businesses to reduce their energy usage and get better energy deals.
Through this service you will:
• understand your energy saving opportunities
• choose the best energy plan for your business
• receive tailored advice on energy efficiency opportunities best suited to your industry
The program also offers a Small Business Energy Check, a free online energy spend benchmarking tool. It allows businesses to compare energy spend to other similar business in the same industry and region. You can learn if your business is paying too much for energy. Businesses that have 6 to 20 employees,or have 5 or less and have been adversely affected by the drought are eligible.
Further information, eligibility and criteria: Click here.
4. Community Grants
4.1 Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants Program
Open: Now
Closes: Extended now until 6 October 2021
Value: Between $20,000 and $4.5 million
Up to $4.5 million total allocated for Glen Innes Severn LGA.
Run By: Commonwealth Government – Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
The $280 million Black Summer Bushfire Recovery (BSBR) Grants program will help communities address priorities for recovery and resilience after
the 2019-20 bushfires. This grants program comes from the National Bushfire Recovery Fund and is additional to support already provided through
a range of bushfire recovery programs.
Who can apply?
This grants program is not available for individuals, partnerships or trusts.
You will be eligible if you have an Australian Business Number (ABN) and are one of the following :
• an entity incorporated in Australia
• a company limited by guarantee
• an incorporated association
• an incorporated not-for-profit organisation
• an Aboriginal Land Council or Indigenous corporation
• a local governing agency or body (such as a Council) or ACT governing agency.
The criteria that the fund administrator is using is broad, so as many groups can access support as possible. So please look at the guidelines, as you
might be eligible even if you cannot see yourself in the list above.
Check out the Guidelines on the link below for more detail.
What kind of projects are eligible for funding?
Many different types of projects are eligible for submission through this grants program – but they must be about the recovery and/or resilience of
communities impacted by the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires. Project activities must be located in an eligible LGA and projects need to have the
support of the community they are aimed at helping. Project activities can also be located in more than one eligible LGA.
Glen Innes Severn is an eligible LGA.
You can apply for a grant of between $20,000 and $4.5 million in our LGA. Projects must be completed by 31 March 2024.
Projects must address one or more of the following:
• social recovery and resilience needs;
• economic recovery and resilience needs; and/or
• recovery and resilience needs of the built environment.
Further information, guidelines and criteria: Click here.
4.2 Before and After School Care – Transport Grant and Viability
Open: Now
Closes: Transport Grant program: First round, 24 September 2021
Viability Grant program: Until limited funds are exhausted
Value: Transport Grant program: Up to $85,000
Viability Grant program: Up to $30,000
Run By: NSW Government – Department of Education
Transport Grant Program:
This program supports solutions that can reasonably be expected to increase or maintain the number of, and access to approved places for NSW
primary school students. Applicants may seek up to $85,000 (GST inclusive) to fund transport-related expenses, based on eligibility detailed in the
fund guidelines. Access for students in small, regional and rural schools is a particular priority of this competitive grant program, which will be run in
two rounds during 2021 and 2022.
Applications for the current and first round open Monday 12 July 2021, and close on Friday 24 September 2021. Refer to the guidelines for the closing
dates of each round.
Viability Grant Program:
This program is intended to provide short-term financial relief to existing services that are experiencing financial stress and have a demonstrable risk
of closing in the short-term. The grant includes up to $30,000 per service to fund recurrent expenses. The Viability Applications can be submitted on
an ongoing basis; however, funds are limited, and grant approval will depend upon sufficient funds being available until the fund pool is expended.
Further information, eligibility and criteria: Click here.
4.3 Community War Memorials Fund
Open: Remembrance Day, 11 November 2021
Closes: Round Two, Closes 11 February 2022
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: NSW Government – Department of Veterans Affairs
Funding to help conserve, repair and protect war memorials across NSW including conservation assessments, honour roll repair, war memorial
cleaning and conservation work, arborist advice for war memorial trees, security measures for memorials, repairs to war memorial halls and improvements
to the accessibility of memorials.
The NSW Government established the Community War Memorials Fund in 2008 to help conserve, repair and protect war memorials across NSW.
Since the establishment of the program, grants have been provided for a wide range of projects across NSW. These include conservation assessments,
honour roll repair, specialist stone cleaning and restoration, arborist advice for war memorial trees and repairs to war memorial halls.
The program is delivered by the NSW Office for Veterans Affairs which sits within the NSW Department of Communities and Justice.
For more information and guidelines: Click Here.
4.4 Murray–Darling Healthy Rivers Program- Small and Large Grants Programs
Open: Now
Closes: 6 October 2021
Value: Small Grants: $5,000 to $100,000
Large Grants: $100,000 to $2 Million
Run By: Australian Government - Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment
These programs support community-led, on-ground projects to improve the health and ecological condition of rivers and wetlands in the
Murray–Darling Basin, whilst also supporting economic development and jobs.
The intended outcomes of both programs are:
• improved health and ecological condition of rivers and wetlands in the Murray–Darling Basin
• improved community involvement in restoring the environmental health of the Murray–Darling Basin
• increased economic activity and employment in Basin communities as a result of grant funding.
The grant activity grant activity must be directed to one or more of the following in the Murray–Darling Basin:
• the conservation and protection of biodiversity (diversity of native plant and animal species)
• including species and communities listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act)
• the protection of rivers or wetlands
• the protection of listed migratory species and their habitats
• the sustainable management or conservation and enhancement of water resources
• combating desertification and mitigating the effects of drought on natural systems
Further information, guidelines and criteria on both streams:
Small grants: Click here.
Large grants: Click here.
4.5 On-farm Natural Resource Management Grants
Open: Now
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Unspecified matched
Run By: NSW Government - Local Land Services – Northern Tablelands
Northern Tablelands Local Land Services currently has funding available to develop projects on-farm and they would like landholders to submit
an Expression of Interest (EOI) to help the LLS identify and support landholders natural resource priorities.
Expressions of Interest will be assessed as they are received against a set of criteria including funding availability, landholder contribution, NSW
and Australian Government priorities and value for money. It is expected that proposed projects would be delivered by December 2020.
Funding is available for on-ground projects that achieve improved natural resource management on farm.
Activities that are eligible for funding include but are not limited to:
• Protecting and improving waterways
• Providing alternate water points where stock is excluded from water sources
• Planting shelter belts or wind breaks with native trees and shrubs (must be min1ha in size)
• Improving habitat for threatened species like woodland birds and koalas.
• Protecting and managing existing native vegetation
Further information, eligibility and criteria: Click here.
5. Infrastructure Grants
6. Disaster Recovery Grants
6.1 NSW Storms and Floods: 10 March 2021 - Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment
Open: Now
Closes: 28 September 2021
Value: $1,000 per eligible adult and $400 per eligible child
Run By: Australian Government
The Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment (AGDRP) provides one-off financial assistance to eligible Australians adversely affected by the storms and floods.
The rate of AGDRP is $1000 per eligible adult and $400 per eligible child. Claims for this payment can be lodged with Services Australia for a period up to 6 months.
AGDRP is available for people who have been seriously injured, have lost their homes or whose homes have been directly damaged, whose major assets have been directly damaged or are the immediate family members of a person who has died as a direct result of the storms and floods.
Glen Innes Severn LGA is included in the sixty-four (64) eligible local government areas. You have until 28 September 2021 to lodge a claim for AGDRP.
For more information on eligibility: Click here.
You can also contact the Australian Government Information Hotline on 180 22 66 for claims assistance
6.2 Special Disaster Assistance (Storms & Floods) Primary Producer Grants
Open: Now
Closes: 31 October 2021
Value: Up to $75,000 per affected property
Run By: NSW Government – Rural Assistance Authority
The objective of this assistance measure made under agreements between the Commonwealth and State Governments, is to support the recovery of primary producers impacted by the storms and floods starting 10 March 2021, across NSW. The Special Disaster Assistance (Storms & Floods) Grants, provide a grant to primary producers to help pay for the costs of clean-up and reinstatement of primary production enterprises that have suffered direct damage as a result of the eligible disaster.
Glen Innes Severn is a defined disaster area from this event.
Available funding:
a) The maximum grant amount for clean-up, reinstatement activities and emergency measures, per affected property (subject to section 4), is $75,000.
b) Funds of up to $15,000 will be provided to eligible, approved applicants, without the need to provide invoices at the point of application.
Such funds can be provided on the basis of quotes or estimates, noting that evidence: eg valid tax invoices will be required in relation to that
first $15,000, if the applicant seeks funding from above $15,000 to $75,000.
c) Funds of between $15,000 to $75,000 will require valid tax invoices at the point at which claims are made.
d) All supporting documentation including tax invoices and receipts for claims must be submitted within 12 months of the date of the declaration.
e) Should an initial application be less than the maximum grant amount, further applications may be submitted if additional expenditure is required
to complete clean-up and reinstatement activities.
Eligibility criteria:
To be eligible for the grant, the applicant must:
a) be a primary producer;
b) derive at least 50% of their gross income from the primary production enterprise;
c) contributes a part of their labour to the primary production enterprise;
d) hold an Australian Business Number (ABN) and have held that ABN at the time of the disaster;
e) have a primary production enterprise located in the defined area for the eligible disaster that has suffered direct damage
as a result of the eligible disaster;
f) have been engaged in carrying on the primary production enterprise when affected by the eligible disaster;
g) have lodged an application by 31 October 2021.; and
h) intend to re-establish the primary production enterprise.
An applicant may also be eligible for a grant if all of the following apply:
a) the applicant’s primary production enterprise is located outside the defined disaster area for the eligible disaster but is carried on at
least sometimes on a regular basis in the area;
b) plant or equipment of the primary production enterprise situated in the defined disaster area has been damaged or livestock has died
as a result of the eligible disaster; and
c) The applicant derives at least 50 per cent of their total gross income from primary production and value-added products (eg wine) made
directly from raw produce grown by the applicant.
Where an applicant’s income from primary production is less than 50 per cent of their total income, the applicant may nonetheless be eligible for a grant if it can be demonstrated that:
a) In the ordinary course of business the applicant would meet that requirement, but:
(i)Their primary production income is currently reduced due to seasonal conditions; and/or
(ii) Due to long lead times to full production, the applicant expects to earn such an amount of income within a three to eight year period, taking into account the nature of the industry.
Further information and guidelines: Click here.
6.3 Natural Disaster Transport Subsidy
Open: Now
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $15,000
Run By: NSW Government – Rural Assistance Authority
A natural disaster assistance transport subsidy is available to eligible farmers who are affected by a declared natural disaster event.
This subsidy pays for the cost of transporting of:
• fodder and/or water to an affected property
• stock to sale or slaughter
• stock to/from agistment
Note: Drought is no longer a declared natural disaster
Subsidies of up to 50% of the total freight costs to a maximum of $15,000 per farm enterprise per financial year are available. The $15,000 is
counted within a financial year from the date when the payment is made to the applicant.
Further information, eligibility and criteria: Click here.
Disclaimer: Information for this September 2021 newsletter was sourced from www.grants.gov.au, www.business.gov.au, Regional Development Australia Northern Inland on grants and funding currently available from Commonwealth Government – Services Australia, NSW Government – Service NSW, NSW Government – Rural Assistance Authority, Commonwealth Government – Australian Research Council, English Family Foundation, Impact Investment Ready, Australian Government – Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, NSW Government – Department of Education, NSW Government – Department of Veterans Affairs, Australian Government - Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment, NSW Government - Local Land Services, Australian Government – Department of Health, NSW Government – Transport for NSW, NSW Government – Office of Sport, NSW Government – Office of Responsible Gambling, NSW Government – Rural Assistance Authority.
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