The Australian Government is delivering 46 new local priority infrastructure projects in regional Australia.
There are 40 successful applicants from Round 1 of the Growing Regions Program with total funding of approximately $207 million, and six from the first block of the regional Precincts and Partnerships Program (rPPP).
Projects have been chosen after a full merit-based selection process.
Providing Commonwealth funding of between $500,000 and $15 million, the Growing Regions Program supports local government entities and incorporated not-for-profit organisations to deliver capital works projects in regional and rural Australia that support community socio-economic outcomes and regional priorities.
Examples of successful projects include:
- $15 million for the Seymour Community Wellbeing Hub (Stage 1) in Victoria
- $1.6 million for Noosa Regional Trail Upgrade in Queensland
- $2.12 million for Copper Coast Regional Aquatic Facility in South Australia
The rPPP provides funding for the design and delivery of precincts, or 'places with purpose', to meet place-based community priorities.
The program seeks to provide transformative investment in regional, rural and remote Australia based on the aims of unifying regional places, growing their economies and serving their communities.
This first batch of announced precinct projects includes:
- $26.3 million to the Shire of Broome, Western Australia, towards the Walmanyjun/Cable Beach Foreshore Redevelopment
- $2.8 million to the Croydon Shire Council, Queensland, for the Croydon Precinct Growth Plan project
- $2.01 million to the Colac Otway Shire Council, Victoria, for the Colac Otway Adaptable Precincts project
- $650,000 to the Swan Hill Rural City Council, Victoria, for the Transforming the Heart of Swan Hill Precinct project
Assessment of further batches of rPPP applications is underway.
