Small Business Grants

In reply to the Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (14 May 2020).

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer): I have been provided the following advice:

Under the small business grant guidelines, if a business has received any other government of South Australia grants to address COVID-19 related business impacts, the value of these payment(s) will be deducted from the $10,000 small business grant.

As at 19 May 2020 over 5,000 small business grants had been paid, of these 51 applicants had been approved for a payment of less than $10,000.

In each of these cases, the total of state government COVID-19 related grants paid was $10,000.

Forty nine of these successful applicants had received financial support from the South Australian Tourism Commission; one had received a taxi industry ex gratia payment; and one had received COVID-19 related vocational education and training funding available to registered training organisations.