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The NSW Government will reimburse the stamp duty paid on purchases of new or used full battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), with a dutiable value up to and including $78,000.

Within 15 business days from the completed application submission, Revenue NSW will review information provided and will notify applicants if they have been successful.

If a refund is to be granted, Revenue NSW will proceed to transfer the funds to the bank account nominated by the customer within 5 business days.

The Australian Government is inviting applications from NDIS providers, via a demand driven process, to apply for reimbursement to cover payments to staff who deliver close personal support, are unable to attend work due to a COVID-19 infection and have insufficient or no sick leave.

Registered and unregistered NDIS providers, including sole traders, are able to apply. Applications will be considered in the following submission periods:

• submission period 1 is open 11 August to 7 September 2023 for hours lost between 1 April 2023 and 30 June 2023
• submission period 2 is open 3 October 2023 to 6 November 2023 for hours lost between 1 July 2023 and 30 September 2023
• submission period 3 is open 18 December 2023 to 30 January 2024 for hours lost between 1 October 2023 and 31 December 2023.

CO2 utilisation technologies offer opportunities to abate emissions while creating commercially valuable products. They offer opportunities for Australian businesses to secure new markets and job opportunities across carbon-neutral carbonates, building materials, chemicals and synthetic fuels. Despite the significant potential for these products, the associated technologies typically remain in infancy.

The program seeks to support the advancement of the CO2 capture and CO2 utilisation technologies that will be critical to achieving domestic and global emissions abatement objectives. The program will drive further research, development and demonstration (RD&D) of novel or emerging CO2 capture and CO2 utilisation technologies to broaden CCUS applications to address wider industrial emissions, including hard-to-abate sectors, and to develop low-carbon products.

The program will run over 8 years from 2023-24 to 2030-31.

The objectives of the program are to:

• accelerate the development of emerging priority CO2 capture technologies, including Direct Air Capture (DAC), Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) and/or CO2 utilisation technologies
• support RD&D to advance technological and commercial readiness of CCUS in hard-to-abate industries such as cement, chemicals and steel
• demonstrate verifiable permanence of CO2 sequestered via a range of utilisation applications
• support global CCUS capability development.

The intended outcomes of the program are to:

• broaden the pathways for Australia to abate CO2 emissions and meet domestic and international climate commitments
• demonstrate the technological capability of novel or emerging technologies in the CCUS chain through pilot and demonstration scale projects in Australian conditions
• improve the abatement potential of CCUS technologies
• bring down the cost of CCUS deployment at scale
• demonstrate the business models for tying a broader set of industrial or Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) projects into geological sequestration or CO2 utilisation opportunities.

The grant opportunity will be assessed through a two-stage competitive selection process to test the business cases of proposals that seek funding under the program. You will first submit an Expressions of Interest (EOI) at Stage 1 and if shortlisted, you will be invited to submit an application at Stage 2.

The Visions of Australia program (the Program) is part of the Australian Government’s Arts and Cultural Development Program which supports participation in, and access to, Australia’s art and culture through developing and supporting cultural expression.

The Program promotes the sharing of a diverse array of Australian arts and cultural material. It therefore responds to all five pillars which shape the National Cultural Policy, Revive. These pillars are First Nations First, A Place for Every Story, Centrality of the Artist, Strong Cultural Infrastructure and Engaging the Audience.

The objectives of the Program are to:

• increase access for Australian audiences to exhibitions of quality Australian arts and cultural material, with a particular focus on touring to regional and remote Australia
• encourage partnerships between organisations, particularly collaboration across the collections sector, to form curatorial partnerships and where appropriate, access to mentoring and skills transfer opportunities, and financial partnerships.

Program funding is delivered through two streams:

• Development: for the costs of planning and producing an exhibition to tour. This includes research and design, but does not include the commission of new artworks.
• Touring: for the costs to produce the exhibition and the costs to transport, install and dismantle the exhibition as well as deliver public programs.

The Program enables artists and organisations to shape Australia’s cultural landscape, increase cultural diversity, and inspire, educate and entertain audiences across Australia. It seeks to celebrate the intrinsic capacity of the arts to engage, inspire and make meaning for all Australians, while supporting the celebration of place and promoting a sense of community identity.

This round of Live Music Australia will again move to focus on live music festivals, to align with industry demand and to continue to support the sustainability of the live music sector and the presentation of more original live music. The definition of live music venuefor this program includes festivals stages.

The objectives of the program are:

• to support the development, growth and innovation of Australian contemporary live music by increasing performance opportunities for original contemporary music by Australian artists
• to support a sustainable venue-based live music industry by building professional capacity within venues, and growing and building audiences
• to support partnerships, collaboration and networks across the Australian live music industry.

The intended outcomes of the program are:

• assist live music venues as they reopen and begin to redevelop their capacity for hosting live music following the impacts of COVID-19
• increased Australian live music performances of original Australian music that create a stronger and growing Australian music industry, well positioned for the future
• more live music venues, that are agile and sustainable, and employ skilled venue professionals
• engaging the audience, growing and building stronger touring circuits across Australia, creating new domestic markets for Australian music.

To receive funding under Round 7 of the Live Music Australia Program you will need to demonstrate your commitment to hosting a music focused festival, that presents live performances of original music by predominantly Australian artists. Original music is defined as artists playing their own compositions (or written exclusively for the artist by a songwriter).

Multi-disciplinary arts or food festivals in which music is a secondary function are not eligible to apply. Festivals that use multiple venues in a geographical area are eligible to apply, as are festivals that occur for more than one weekend a year. Proposals should demonstrate that activities will provide ongoing benefits to the Australian music sector.

These grants will help community broadcasters access funding for eligible projects when their regular grant rounds are closed.

Emergencies

• Replacing essential equipment and related expenses to restore basic transmission following an unforeseen event such as flood, bushfire, lightning or theft
• Replacing essential operational equipment and related expenses not able to be reasonably anticipated
• Unexpected changes at your studio or transmission site such as a sudden need to relocate
• A financial loan while an insurance claim is being processed and/or funds are raised
• Other costs associated with maintaining transmission and/or operations not able to be reasonably anticipated.

Opportunities

• A matched funding opportunity for a project
• Other costs associated with a time-limited opportunity

Grants will be considered outside of the normal grant rounds and you will receive advice about the outcome of your application within one week.

This program funds a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences. Grants are available from $10,000 to $50,000. Supported activities must last no longer than two years from the proposed start date.

The current round is for projects begining after the 1st of June 2024.

You can only submit one application to each closing date for Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups.

They fund a range of activities, for example:

• professional skills development, including mentoring and residencies
• the creation of new work
• practice based research
• creative development
• experimentation
• collaborations
• touring
• festivals
• productions
• exhibitions
• performances
• publishing
• recording
• promotion and marketing
• market development activity
• activities that creatively engage communities.

The Anzac Community Grants Program provides grants for projects that either promote appreciation and understanding of the service and sacrifice of military service personnel or support activities and services to enhance the wellbeing of the NSW veteran community.

Please note, funding is only provided for projects that are yet to take place, and not for costs already incurred.

Applicants who have received funding from the Anzac Community Grants Program for three consecutive years will be ineligible for funding in the subsequent fourth year.

Grants are available for the following categories:

• Local community historical research and education - Projects that help inform and educate the wider community about the service and sacrifice of local veterans and their families, including research towards online or print publications.
• Preservation or display of war memorabilia - Preservation and/or research materials, or display of war memorabilia, artefacts and/or research materials relevant to the local community.
• Public commemorative events, arts and culture - Events that honour or mark military anniversaries and pay tribute to the service and sacrifice of NSW veterans.
• Provide support to members of the NSW veteran community - Activities such as excursions, milestone reunions, and training and development to assist health and wellbeing.

Individuals and the following types of not-for-profit organisations are eligible to apply for funding:

• ex-service organisations
• local government authorities
• non government organisations (NGO)
• educational institutions

Festivals Australia seeks to celebrate the intrinsic capacity of the arts to engage, inspire and make meaning for all Australians, while supporting the celebration of place and promoting a sense of community identity.

The Festivals Australia objectives are to:

• provide access to a diverse range of engaging, innovative arts projects that grow audiences at festivals across regional and remote Australia;
• support partnerships and collaboration across the arts sector; and
• encourage community participation in arts projects at regional and remote festivals.

To achieve these objectives, Festivals Australia offers funding to support individual art projects that
allow community members living in regional or remote Australia to participate in or appreciate an
arts-driven experience at a:

• festival – which is defined by Festivals Australia as a regularly presented program of events (for example annually or biennially) that is open to the public and provides an opportunity to gather and celebrate
• significant one-off community celebration – which is defined by Festivals Australia as a schedule of events that is open to the public and is focused on an anniversary or launch of great significance to the community. For example, a special celebration of the town or the area’s culture and history, a significant anniversary of a major local event, or the opening of a major new community resource could be the basis for an eligible significant one-off community celebration

Festivals Australia delivers two open competitive funding rounds each year, opening in February
and September.

The Australian Government is inviting applications through an open non-competitive process to deliver justice reinvestment initiatives.

This grant opportunity aims to support the development and delivery of community and First Nations-led justice reinvestment initiatives across Australia, by supporting:

• the development, implementation, and evaluation of local justice reinvestment strategies and activities
• local project teams and leadership structures to undertake the work of developing, implementing and evaluating justice reinvestment strategies.

The intended outcomes are:

• Improving justice outcomes and reducing contact with the criminal justice system and incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults and young people, in line with Closing the Gap Targets 10 and 11.
• Contributing to systemic reform of government systems that intersect with the justice system.
• Contributing to building a strong and sustainable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled sector delivering high quality services to meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the country.

Applications will be assessed in 2 cycles:

• Assessment cycle 1 opens 14 September 2023 to 12 October 2023.
• Assessment cycle 2 opens 12 October 2023 to 7 December 2023.

Funding is available from 2023–24 to 2025–26 for up to 30 place-based community-led justice reinvestment initiatives.

The HESTA Australian Nursing & Midwifery Awards recognise nurses, midwives, nurse educators and researchers as well as personal care workers.

Awards are presented for the following categories:

• Outstanding Organisation
• Midwife of the Year
• Nurse of the Year

Employers, patients, colleagues, nurses and midwives can nominate themselves or a special individual or team who has made a real difference to the lives of patients or to the quality of a service. Everyone involved in every stage of the delivery of care can enter or be nominated.

The auDA Foundation offers grants to eligible not-for-profit organisations or research institutions for proposals encouraging community projects, education and research activities that will enhance the utility of the internet for the benefit of the Australian community.

Eligible proposals must deliver grassroots, educational or research activities that will enhance the utility of the internet. We are keen to support projects that focus on the overarching themes of digital inclusion and digital innovation, and will achieve practical outcomes through innovative means, i.e., research and development undertaken for the purposes of acquiring new knowledge and/or creating new or improved processes or services.

To be eligible, a project must benefit one or more of the following five key focus areas:

•  Rural, regional, and remote Australians
•  Australians living with disability
•  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
•  Older Australians (65 years +)
•  Young Australians (12-24 years).

The grant may not account for 100 per cent of the cost of the project. Applications need to demonstrate an in-kind or financial contribution applicant of at least 10 per cent of the total project cost.

NSW Women’s Week celebrates the diverse contributions of women and girls. It is an opportunity to reflect on the social, economic and achievements of women and girls in NSW.

NSW Women’s Week will be celebrated between Monday 4 March and Sunday 10 March 2024 to coincide with International Women’s Day on 8 March 2024.

All events and activities must align with at least 1 of the pillar priorities from the NSW Women's Strategy (2023-2026). These pillars are:

1. economic opportunity and advancement
2. health and wellbeing
3. participation and empowerment

This program provides funding to support community infrastructure such as a multipurpose community hub or a service for an eligible community group.

The objective of the Clubgrants Category 3 Infrastructure Grants program is to fund the costs of construction, alteration, renovation, completion and fit-out of buildings and community infrastructure to deliver outcomes for disadvantaged NSW communities including regional, remote and drought-affected areas, culturally and linguistically diverse, disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and disaster-affected communities.

You can apply for funding under this stream if your project supports infrastructure such as:

• Multipurpose community service or hub
• Service for a CALD community
• Service for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community
• Service for homeless people
• Service for older people
• Service for people experiencing domestic violence
• Service for people with disability
• Service for young people
• Service for women.

Who can apply:

• Not-for-profit organisations that will be responsible for operating and/or maintaining the infrastructure.
• Schools - applicants must consider if and how the infrastructure project is accessible to the public outside school hours.
• Local councils - applicants are required to cash-match the funding amount requested.

Funding to support sport and recreation infrastructure such as sports centres, playgrounds and swimming pools.

The objective of the Clubgrants Category 3 Infrastructure Grants program is to fund the costs of construction, alteration, renovation, completion and fit-out of buildings and community infrastructure to deliver outcomes for disadvantaged NSW communities including regional, remote and drought-affected areas, culturally and linguistically diverse, disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and disaster-affected communities.

You can apply for funding under this stream if your project supports infrastructure such as:

• Indoor organised sports centre (e.g. indoor cricket, basketball)
• Leisure centre (e.g. martial arts dojo, gymnastics centre)
• Outdoor organised sports facility (e.g. football field, netball courts)
• Recreation space (e.g. playground, skate-park)
• Large-scale purpose-built facility (e.g. stadium, velodrome, motorsports facility)
• Water sports (e.g swimming pool).

Who can apply:

• Not-for-profit organisations that will be responsible for operating and/or maintaining the infrastructure.
• Schools - applicants must consider if and how the infrastructure project is accessible to the public outside school hours.
• Local councils - applicants are required to cash-match the funding amount requested.