Stronger Country Communities Fund - Round 5

$160 million will be available in this round to eligible regional councils and community groups for projects that focus on community and sporting infrastructure, enhance accessibility for people with disability, and improve outcomes for Aboriginal people.

Funding is available for local community and sporting infrastructure, street beautification, projects enhancing accessibility and inclusion for people with disability, projects improving outcomes for Aboriginal people, and community programs and local events.

Projects must be for infrastructure or community programs that boost the wellbeing of regional areas through improved amenity and positive social outcomes. Community amenity projects must be for either:

• construction of new, or upgrades to existing, local community infrastructure
• construction of new, or upgrades to existing, local sporting infrastructure
• capital works related to street beautification and other public places that promote the health, happiness and wellbeing of the community
• delivering programs that benefit the local community and provide public benefit
• infrastructure to assist the delivery of general community programs
• infrastructure or community projects or programs which improve and promote accessibility and inclusion.