Latest Funding Announcements

Some of the recent investments in the Newcastle community made by the Australian Government are listed below. For information on funding opportunities visit the Grantslink Website.

$20,000,000 for High Speed Rail Feasibility Study - 4 August 2010

$1,760,000 for Affordable Housing - 2 August 2010

$11,600,000 for Hunter Institute of TAFE - 21 July 2010

$145,022 for 42 Volunteer Groups - 15 July 2010
$5,000 for the 1st New Lambton Scouts Group
$2,860 for the Adamstown Kotara Garden Club Incorporation
$3,500 for the Australian Breastfeeding Association
$3,994 for the Beresfield and District RSL Sub-Branch
$3,000 for the Beresfield Swimming Club
$1,495 for the Christian Outreach Centre, Maitland
$4,200 for the Cooks Hill Surf Club
$5,000 for Dads in Distress
$1,529 for the Fort Scratchley Historical Society
$1,300 for the Girl Guides Association (Newcastle)
$5,000 for the Hunter Central Coast Tenants Advisory Council
$5,000 for the Hunter Region Branch of Technical Aid to the Disabled
$4,775 for the Hunter Valley Shed Cluster Group
$2,200 for the Hunter Valley Veterans' Cycle Club
$3,986 for the Hunter Youth Mentor Collaborative
$5,000 for the Jesmond Park Uniting Church
$5,000 for the Josephite Refugee Support Network
$2,925 for the Kairos Prison Ministry
$3,006 for Kiwanis International Australia District
$4,970 for the Kurri Wolves Football Club
$1,607.95 for the Maitland and District Coin Club Inc
$2,100 for the Multiple District 201 of Lions Club International
$4,114.95 for the Newcastle and District Softball Association
$5,000 for the Newcastle and Hunter Valley Folk Club
$4,825 for the Newcastle Baseball Association
$1,910 for the Newcastle Lapidary Club
$4,680 for Permaculture Hunter Region
$4,025 for the Polish Association of Newcastle
$1,321.54 for the Samaritans Foundation Newcastle Diocese
$1,149.36 for the Samaritans Foundation Newcastle Diocese Warabrook
$3,000 for the Scouts Association of Australia Hunter Region
$3,980 for the Scout Association of Australia Hunter Region 2nd Thornton Scout Group
$2,500 for Shortland Public School Parents and Citizens Association
$4,490 for the Shortland Wetlands Centre
$2,250 for the Switchpoint Institute
$5,000 for the Stockton RSL Sub-Branch
$5,000 for the Hunter Community Benevolent Trust
$2,210 for the Victims of Crime Assistance League
$3,939 for the Waratah Mayfield Junior Rugby League Football Club
$2,189 for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Lake Macquarie Support Group
$3,990 for William the Fourth Incorporated

$9,500 to Awabakul Cultural Resource Association for an IT upgrade under the Family Support Program - 9 July 2010

$1,890,000 for an Australian Research Council Linkage Project at the University of Newcastle - 1 July 2010

$30,000,000 for Newcastle Institute of Energy and Resources - 25 June 2010

$236,472 for Local Indigenous Services - 11 June 2010
$147,200 to Awabakul Cultural Resource Association under the Maintenance of Indigenous Languages and Records Program
$54,000 to Yarnteen Ltd under the Indigenous Cultural Support Program
$35,272 to the Loft Youth Venue under the Indigenous Cultural Support Program

$948,925 to the Hunter Community Legal Centre as part of the Rudd Government's Community Legal Services Program - 10 June 2010

$8,850,000 to Hunter Water Corporation for the National Urban Water Desalination Plan - 8 June 2010

$100,000,000 for the Smart Grid, Smart City Initiative - 7 June 2010

$637,092 to Northern Settlement Services - 7 June 2010
As part of the Rudd Government's Settlement Grants Program for Migrants

$157,980 to the Hunter Commonwealth Respite and Carelink Centre - 7 June 2010
Funding provided as part of the Rudd Government's Young Carers Respite and Information Services Program

$179,445 for Home and Community Care Funding - 31 May 2010
$4,000 to Newcastle Temporary Care Ltd
$2,400 to Mercy Community Services
$90,000 to Newcastle and District Nursing Service
$20,800 to Meals on Wheels
$2,800 to Newcastle Elderly Citizens Centre
$14,500 to Novocare Multi Service Outlet
$44,945 to the Ethnic Communities Council of Newcastle and Hunter Region

$2,643,829 for Indigenous Community Service Providers - 10 May 2010
Two local Indigenous Community Service Providers received funding under the Rudd Government's Personal Helpers and Mentors Program.
$1,322,420 to Mission Australia
$1,321,400 to New Horizons Enterprises

$94,448 to Booth Mobile College Training Unit under the Rudd Government's Industry and Indigenous Skills Centre Program - 10 May 2010

$70,000 to Local Company for COMET grant - 6 May 2010
$70,000 to Guests Behaving Badly for the development of their online hospitality register.

$20,000 to Fix Traffic Black Spot - 28 April 2010
$20,000 to install chevrons and curve warning signs along Richardson Road from 50m to 250m west of Grahamstown Road in Campvale, under the Black Spots Program  

$698,646 to Local Community Organisations under Funding for Carers' and Community-based Respite Program - 23 April 2010
$404,710 to Newcastle Family Support Services
$293,936 to Hunter New England Area Health Services

$3,946 to Local Community Organisations under Saluting their Services - 23 April 2010
$3,000 to Merewether High School to assist students research local military history
$946 to Merewether RSL Sub-branch to assist in the restoration of the St Augustine's Chapel WW1 Honour Board

$205,677 to the University of Newcastle for New Diagnostic Birth Test - 20 April 2010
A new diagnostic test to predict when a woman will start labour, developed at the University of Newcastle, will receive over $200,000 in funding as part of the Rudd Government's Commercialisation Australia program.

$5,000 to the University of Newcastle for Prime Minister's Prizes for Science Program - 16 February 2010

$34,376,334 to the University of Newcastle - 21 January 2010
The University of Newcastle recieved over $34 million in funding for research block grants, which will support a further 81 PhD and Masters places. 

$33,052 for the Caring for Our Country Program - 12 January 2010
$16,818 to Kooragang Landcare for the Butterfiles and Bushland Program
$16,234 to Trees in Newcastle for Coastal Rehabilitation Sites

$88,901 in one-off payments as part of the National Respite for Carers Program - 8 January 2010
$68,182 to the ethnic Communities Council of Newcastle and the Hunter Region for a kitchen refurbishment
$12,363 to Novocare Incorporated for furniture and promotional activities
$929 to Prebysterian Aged Care NSW & ACT for wheelchair and seat buckle
$7,427 to Hunter New England Area Health Service for emergency respite and new equipment