RDA Murray News, Grants and Funding Bulletin is produced each month in order to inform communities, businesses & industries within the Murray region of the latest Government, Business and Philanthropic programs available.

Latest News, Grants and Funding Newsletter:

• November 2023
• October 2023
• September 2023
• August 2023
• July 2023
• June 2023
• May 2023
• April 2023
• February 2023
• December 2022
• November 2022
• October 2022
• August 2022
• July 2022
• June 2022
• May 2022
• April 2022
• February 2022
• January 2022
• December 2021
• September 2021
• August 2021
• July 2021
• June 2021
• May 2021
• April 2021
• March 2021
• February 2021
• January 2021
• December 2020
• November 2020
• October 2020
• September 2020
• August 2020
• July 2020
• June 2020
• May 2020
• January 2020 – Bushfire support funding
• December 2019
• November 2019
• October 2019
• September 2019
• August 2019
• July 2019
• June 2019
• May 2019
• April 2019
• March 2019
• Febuary 2019 
• January 2019

LINKS TO GRANT OPPORTUNITIES:

• Business.gov
• Community Grants hub
• GrantConnect
• Our Community
• The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal 
• Grant Ready 

Business

• Department of Industry

 Tourism

• Destination NSW

Community Groups

• Philanthropy Australia
• Ian Potter Foundation 
• Our Community University Partnerships

Indigenous

• Indigenous Business Australia 

Environmental

• Local Land services
• Landcare

Arts

• Regional Arts NSW Grants 
• Australia Council for Arts Grants
• South West Arts

BUSHFIRE SUPPORT FUNDING:

• Disaster Recovery Grants

• Disaster Relief Loans

• Natural disaster transport subsidy

• Volunteer Firefighters financial support program

BBRF

The $841.6 million Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF) supports the Australian Government’s commitment to create jobs, drive economic growth and build stronger regional communities into the future.

The fund invests in projects located in, or benefiting eligible areas outside the major capital cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, and Canberra.

DROUGHT COMMUNITIES PROGRAMME

On 7 November 2019, the Australian Government announced a further range of drought measures, including that it would provide $128 million under the Drought Communities Programme Extension to 128 councils, 122 of which had previously received funding and an additional six councils experiencing hardship due to drought. The 128 eligible councils will each be provided $1 million to complete local infrastructure and other drought-relief projects. This brings the commitment under the Drought Communities Programme Extension to $301 million since 2018-19.

Information about the Drought Communities Programme Extension, including a list of eligible councils, the program guidelines and application process is available at business.gov.au/dcp or call 13 28 46.

THE MURRAY-DARLING BASIN REGIONAL ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION PROGRAM

The Murray-Darling Basin Regional Economic Diversification Program (MDBREDP) has committed $72.65 million to assist Basin communities increase economic diversification and adjust to a water constrained environment.

Each of the Basin States of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland selects projects within their jurisdictions in consultation with the Minister for Regional Development.

Information about applying for funding is available from the participating Basin States.

The funding allocation for each Basin State is (GST Exclusive):

• Queensland: $15.055 million
• New South Wales: $32.573 million
• Victoria: $25.028 million

Further information on the framework and other initiatives to support the Plan’s implementation can be found on the following websites:

Murray Darling Basin Authority