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Colin has written a series of articles on the grants and funding system.  While some of the earlier articles apply to funding under different governments there is great value in following the constantly changing environment that the grant system operates under.


Local Government FOCUS, February 2015

With the election over, the Coalition is settling into the Government side of the benches in Canberra. What does this mean for Commonwealth funding delivered to your local government? Will it all stop, will there be new programs or will everything be
channelled through the states?
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 LG Manager, summer 2014: Grant Funding - an art and science.  

Colin Steele reports, in the 2014 Christmas edition of­ LG Manager, that Mark Ferguson very accurately stated “it is not always a good thing to be significantly reliant on central governments ­for ­funding”.

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Local Government FOCUS, October 2014: The funding cycle is turning.

The Australian Electoral Commission website says that the earliest possible date for the next House of Representatives and half-Senate election is 6 August 2016.

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Local Government FOCUS, October 2013: Commonwealth Funding. Page 14.

 With the election over, the Coalition is settling into the Government side of the benches in Canberra. What does this mean for Commonwealth funding provided to your local government? Will it all stop, will there be new programs or will it all be channelled through the states?
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Grants Management Quarterly (GMQ), Edition 1, 2013: Whose Money is it? Understanding the "why" of Commonwealth funding. Pages 4-7.

More and more frequently, the Federal Government is channelling its grants funding to local governments and community organisations. But why is this occurring, and what does it mean?

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Local Government FOCUS, July 2012: The Steps to Grant Funding Success. Page 5.

The Australian Government has allocated grants to local governments through eight programs in the first half of 2012. Did your council apply for a grant and were you unsuccessful? If you missed out, are you wondering how to draft a successful application for the upcoming rounds in 2012/13?
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