Northern Australia Development Program – Business Development Grant Opportunity

As part of the Northern Australia Development Program the Australian Government have introduced Business Development Grant for small to medium sized businesses (up to 199 employees) across North Australia. The grant is set to focus on creating jobs and small to medium businesses growth through activities such as training & skills development, new infrastructure construction and marketing.
The Australian Government have set the following eligibility criteria:

• To be eligible you must have an Australian business number (ABN) and be one of the following entities:

  • an entity incorporated in Australia and a trading corporation

  • an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust.

• Your trading activities must:

  • form a sufficiently significant proportion of the corporation / trust’s overall activities as to merit it being described as a trading corporation / trust; or

  • be a substantial and not merely peripheral activity of the corporation / trust.

• You must also:

  • be a small to medium business – up to 199 employees

  • have a minimum eligible project of $100,000.

You can apply through the online application portal.

For more information visit business.gov.au.