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Funding for Social Partner Participation on Safe Work Australia
The Funding for Social Partner Participation on Safe Work Australia grant program will run over 5 years from 2026–27 to 2030–31. This grant program is round 2 of the previous Funding for Social Partner Participation on Safe Work Australia administered in 2023 which promoted tripartism and social dialogue. The second round will commit $5.625 million GST exclusive over the life of the grant to continue opportunities for tripartism and social dialogue to provide support for employer representatives and unions to improve safety, fairness, and productivity in workplaces. The objective of the program is to support employer representatives and unions to effectively fulfil their roles as Safe Work Australia (SWA) members. The intended outcomes of the program are to: strengthen tripartism and social dialogue in national work health and safety (WHS) and workers’ compensation policy development support full engagement in SWA tripartite policy development and decision-making processes enable social partners to work with their affiliates and members to undertake consensus building activities on work health and safety and workers’ compensation policy matters enable social partners to genuinely contribute ideas, input and experience from workers and business through broader and more in-depth outreach.
AustraliaLegal advice service supporting the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion
The purpose of this grant opportunity is to establish a Jewish community focussed legal advice service to support the Royal Commission. The legal advice service will provide legal advice and information to members of the public wishing to engage with the Royal Commission. The service will run for the duration of the Royal Commission and to be effective, the service must be independent from the Royal Commission, trauma-informed, culturally safe, accessible, and be delivered nationally. The objectives of the grant are: · To provide a free legal advice and information service to assist individuals to understand their legal rights and options for engaging with the Royal Commission. · To provide referrals to counselling and other support services as needed to ensure a holistic, culturally appropriate, and cooperative approach to assisting people to engage with the Royal Commission.
AustraliaEOI Werribee Park Call for Dates 2028-2030
Werribee Park Major Event Call for Dates 2028 - 2030 Parks Victoria is inviting expressions of interest from major event organisers with the creative vision and capacity to be part of the Werribee Park calendar of major events for 2028-2030. Werribee Park is the premier venue for major events in Melbourne’s west, offering a rare and iconic setting surrounded by heritage architecture, expansive gardens, and a vibrant tourism precinct. With increasing demand for high-quality major events in this unique environment, this is a prime opportunity to secure preferred dates at one of Victoria’s most sought-after outdoor venues. This Call for Dates process is for major public or private events, which are categorised by the capacity of the event. Major events could include but are not limited to: Concerts, theatre productions and music festivals Cultural celebrations and community festivals Lightscapes and art exhibitions Outdoor cinemas Markets, local business fairs, trade shows Sporting events, orienteering and competitions Applications closing Wednesday 6 May at 4pm
AustraliaNational Cultural Heritage Account
The National Cultural Heritage Account (the Account) grant program assists Australian cultural organisations to acquire significant cultural heritage objects. The Account helps to retain and protect Australia's cultural heritage for future generations and provide public access to important objects that tell a story about our cultural identity. The Australian Government allocates $500,000 each financial year. There is no limit on the amount you can apply for, and funding over multiple years may be considered. There are no funding round deadlines. Applications can be made at any time during the year, and are assessed on a case by case basis.
AustraliaRugby League in the Pacific
The Australian Government has announced a total of $600 million in funding over ten years for Rugby League in the Pacific (the program). A total of $480 million over ten years will be available through this grant program. The program will run over ten years from 2024-25 to 31 December 2034. It will support the entry of a men’s Papua New Guinea (PNG) team into the National Rugby League (NRL) competition no later than 2028. It will also support women’s PNG team to compete in either the Queensland Women’s Premiership or the New South Wales Women’s Premiership and, subject to an assessment of its readiness, in the NRLW Premiership. There are three grant opportunities: NRL licence; PNG NRL Franchise; and Pacific Rugby League Strategy.
AustraliaAustralasian Legal Information Institute Sponsorship
The purpose of the grant is to provide sponsorship to the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII). AustLII provides a free, publicly accessible website containing Australian legal information. AustLII is considered the most comprehensive Australian legal database in terms of its collection of legal materials. The Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) sponsorship of AustLII contributes to the achievement of Outcome 1 from the ATO Portfolio Budget Statement (PBS) via Program 1.1 Australian Taxation Office. As a major source of free tax-related material, AustLII supports ease of compliance for tax practitioners and taxpayers. The intended outcome of the grant is to support AustLII in continuing to make its legal database freely available to the general public. Specifically, the Taxation Law Library assists in educating the community on their tax obligations, which supports the ATO in administering the tax law and aligns with Outcome 1 in the ATO’s PBS.
AustraliaIndigenous Visual Arts Industry Support program, Closed Non-Competitive Grant Round 2026-27
Funding will be provided to organisations for activities that best contribute to delivery of the following Program outcomes: a professional, viable and ethical Indigenous visual arts industry that features strong participation by, and provides economic opportunities for, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people the continued production, exhibition, critique, purchase and collection of Indigenous visual art.
AustraliaPartnership Projects 2026
Partnership Projects will support collaborations, within the Australian context, that translate research evidence into health policy and health practice, to improve health services and processes. The objectives of the Partnership Project scheme are to: • Meet the need for more effective integration of research evidence into health policy and service delivery • Create partnerships among policy makers, managers, service providers and researchers • Provide support to answer often complex and difficult questions that policy makers, managers and service providers face when making decisions and implementing policies that affect Australians’ health and health care • Be highly responsive to the priorities of government, the community and health professionals • Enable applicants to apply for funding at any time during the year to allow researchers and Partner Organisations to develop timely collaborations.
AustraliaPrescribed Bodies Corporate (PBC) Capacity Building Grant Opportunity
Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBC) Capacity Building Grant Funding is available to support PBCs to maximise the economic and social potential of native title through the effective and sustainable management of their land. The objectives of the PBC Capacity Building Grant are to: 1. Increase the capacity of PBCs to take advantage of economic opportunities 2. Build long-term organisational capacity within PBCs through training and obtaining professional expertise 3. Support effective native title agreement-making The outcomes of the PBC Capacity Building Grant are to: · Build capacity of PBCs to maximise the social, cultural and economic aspirations of their native title holding group Build capacity of PBCs to meet corporate compliance and native title obligations, and promote greater efficiency in land use decision-making
AustraliaJournalism Assistance Fund
The Journalism Assistance Fund Program, running over 3 years from 2025-26, was announced as part of the News Media Assistance Program (News MAP). News MAP aims to support public interest journalism and media diversity in Australia - recognising these are critical to a healthy democracy, social cohesion and informed citizens. Organisations producing core news content will be eligible for funding. The funding will provide a proportion of the wages for journalists producing core news content that is distributed digitally. The program aims to: support the sustainability of Australian news publishers in the face of significant disruption to the media sector support the creation of digitally distributed news content, encourage continued employment of journalists who primarily produce news that is in the Australian public interest build and maintain social cohesion in Australia
AustraliaBuilding Excellence in Support and Training (BEST) Program 2026–27
The Australian Government is inviting organisations via a demand driven process to apply to deliver services under the Building Excellence in Support and Training (BEST) Program. The BEST Program 2026–27 will run over a 3-year period, commencing in the financial year 2026–27, ending in financial year 2028–29. The BEST Program forms part of the Australian Government’s commitment to supporting the role of ex-service organisation (ESO) compensation and wellbeing advocates, who provide advice and assistance to the veteran and defence communities. The BEST Program has been updated and simplified in response to the recommendations from the Senate Standing Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee Inquiry into issues relating to advocacy services for veterans accessing compensation and income support, and recommendation 99 of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide final report. The objectives of the BEST Program are to assist ESOs to: provide free advocacy services to veterans and families of veterans improve the quality of claims received by DVA at the primary determining level promote the provision of wellbeing services to the veteran and defence communities. The intended outcomes of the BEST Program are to ensure: the veteran and defence communities have access to free compensation and wellbeing advocacy services the veteran and defence communities benefit from ESO advocates who can lodge claims with DVA that are of a high standard and contain all required information to enable timely and quality decisions at no cost to the veteran ESO advocates can assist in improving claims assessment efficiency.
AustraliaNational Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program 2026
The objectives of the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program are to: increase overall levels of touring by National Collecting Institutions with particular emphasis on multiple venue tours; promote broad access to Australian cultural material through touring works from the collections of the National Collecting Institutions, with particular emphasis on providing access for audiences in regional areas; promote international awareness of Australia’s cultural heritage through touring Australian cultural material from National Collecting Institutions overseas; expand Australian appreciation of international cultural material through enabling National Collecting Institutions to bring works from international collections for exhibition or touring within Australia; and encourage partnerships and collaboration between the National Collecting Institutions and with other institutions (archives, galleries, libraries, and museums) across the collections sector, particularly in regional areas. Funding is delivered through two streams: projects involving either development of tours or delivery of tours, supporting costs such as research, design, production, transport, installation, and personnel. The Program delivers one funding round each year, usually opening in February/March and closing in late March/ early April. The Minister for the Arts (or their delegate) approves funding under the Program Guidelines.
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