Grants and Subsidies

224 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (27 September 2016). In reference to 2016-17 Budget Paper 4, Volume 2, page 102—list all grants and subsidies and the amounts for each grant recipient budgeted in 2016-17 provided through Program 1: Fire and Emergency Services Strategic Services and Business Support?

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Minister for Housing and Urban Development): The Minister for Emergency Services has been advised:

The grants and subsidies provided through Program 1: fire and emergency services strategic services and business support include the following:

Julian Burton Burns Trust ($0.250 million)

The Julian Burton Burns Trust is provided with funding of $0.250 million in 2016-17 for community education initiatives such as the Burnsafe project.

Regional Capability Community Fund ($0.500 million)

The $0.500 million Regional Capability Community Fund consists of $0.470 million in grants issued to 273 recipients, plus $0.030 million provided for the administration and support of the 2016-17 program. The program is a co-funded model which provides amounts of up to $2,500 to each recipient. Due to the number of small grants provided and the confidentiality of the applicants, a listing of grant recipients for this program has not been provided.

Commonwealth Natural Disaster Resilience Program 2015-17 ($4.176 million).

Successful applications for the 2015-17 Commonwealth Natural Disaster Resilience Program are yet to be announced, therefore there are no details of grant recipients for this program.