Deadline: 23-Oct-23
The Australian Government Northern Australia Business and Community Growth Program will assist community organisations and other entities (including sole traders and partnerships), to support business growth, improve social and economic infrastructure, increase community amenity and liveability and deliver employment outcomes.
Aims
The Northern Australia Business and Community Growth Program aims to:
- increase employment opportunities
- increase business turnover and profitability
- increase diversification of business in Northern Australia
- improve community amenity and liveability.
Funding Information
- Grants between $ 50,000 and $ 2 million.
- You must complete your project by 31 March 2024.
Eligible Projects
- To be eligible, your project must have at least $ 100,000 in eligible expenditure, and be aimed at:
- scaling up or diversifying an organization
- improving social and economic infrastructure
- increasing community amenity and liveability.
- It must also deliver one or more of these eligible project types:
- projects for the benefit of Indigenous people or communities
- projects undertaken in or relating to a territory
- projects that support or promote interstate and overseas trade and commerce
- projects that are delivered through, or facilitate the use of, a relevant communications service
- projects that increase employment.
Eligible Activities
Eligible activities may include:
- buying, constructing, installing or commissioning plant and equipment construction and / or fit out of new infrastructure
- the upgrade, renovation or extension to existing infrastructure such as buildings and laboratories
- the replacement of infrastructure where there is a significant increase in benefit
- capital expenditure which is directly related to your project (not ‘business as usual’) for the purchase of assets such as office furniture and equipment, motor vehicles, computers, printers or photocopiers
- relevant training and skills development directly related to your project
- feasibility studies / business case to bring your project to investment ready
- process design and engineering
- costs associated with preparing of environmental approval applications and other statutory and required approvals
- scaling up activities related to the business opportunity.
Eligible Locations
Your project can include activities at different locations; as long as they are all in or will significantly benefit Northern Australia.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible you must have an Australian business number (ABN) and be one of the following entities:
- an incorporated association
- an incorporated not for profit organization
- a sole trader (an individual running a business)
- a partnership
- a non-distributive co-operative
- an Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Iceland r) Act 2006.
If you are applying as an incorporated association or not for profit organization, you must demonstrate your entity status in your application.
For more information, visit https://business.gov.au/grants-and-programs/northern-australia-development-program-business-and-community-growth-grants
