About the grant round
The Thin Markets, Multiple Streams Grant Opportunity (GO6593) closed at 2pm AEST on Friday 12 January 2024.
We made up to $135 million available in funding across 4 streams for infrastructure projects. These projects focused on maintaining or improving access to quality aged care services, primarily in small rural towns, remote and very remote communities (MM5-7).
The streams included:
- Stream 1 – Staff Accommodation
 - Stream 2 – Upgrades, Expansions or New Builds.
 - Stream 3 – Specialised Homeless
 - Stream 4 - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care (NATSIFAC) minor projects and equipment.
 
Results
This was a highly competitive opportunity, with demand far exceeding available funding. In total, 297 applications sought over over $1 billion for the $135 million made available.
The round allocated a total of $134.9 million for 76 projects across the 4 funding streams.
| State/Territory* | Stream 1  | Stream 2  | Stream 3  | Stream 4  | Total  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW | $5,676,080  | $1,649,562  | $13,641,923  | -  | $20,967,565  | 
| Vic | $301,938  | $11,212,427  | $7,492,443  | -  | $19,006,808  | 
| Qld | $13,562,200  | $4,821,017  | -  | -  | $18,383,217  | 
| WA | $9,481,774  | $9,236,740  | $990,000  | $1,086,355  | $20,794,869  | 
| SA | $4,121,230  | $15,074,564  | -  | -  | $19,195,794  | 
| Tas | $2,391,484  | $13,976,258  | -  | -  | $16,367,742  | 
| NT | $13,371,066  | $5,050,781  | -  | $1,765,545  | $20,187,392  | 
| Total | $48,905,772  | $61,021,349  | $22,124,366  | $2,851,900  | $134,903,387  | 
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| State/Territory* | Stream 1  | Stream 2  | Stream 3  | Stream 4  | Total  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW | 5  | 4  | 4  | -  | 13  | 
| Vic | 2  | 3  | 3  | -  | 8  | 
| Qld | 5  | 5  | -  | -  | 10  | 
| WA | 3  | 4  | 1  | 3  | 11  | 
| SA | 6  | 2  | -  | -  | 8  | 
| Tas | 3  | 6  | -  | -  | 9  | 
| NT | 3  | 6  | -  | 8  | 17  | 
| Total | 27  | 30  | 8  | 11  | 76  | 
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