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Regional Development Australia Fund (RDAF)

The Regional Development Australia Fund (RDAF) supports the infrastructure needs of regional Australia. The program funds capital infrastructure projects which are identified as priorities by local communities.

The program is administered by the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport (the department).

Round Five

Round Five of the Regional Development Australia Fund will provide $150 million to eligible local governments, according to an allocative model, for capital infrastructure projects. Funding will be allocated among states and territories on a per capita basis. A base grant of $30,000 will apply for all eligible local governments with the remaining funding in each state and territory to be distributed in the same proportion as the General Purpose funding component of the local government Financial Assistance Grants (as determined by each state and territory local government grants commission).

Applications open on 21 June 2013 and close at 5.00 pm (local time) on 22 July 2013.

Rounds Three and Four

Applications for Rounds Three and Four of the Regional Development Australia Fund have closed.

(RDAF) have closed. Regional Development Australia committees considered all Expressions of Interest from their region and selected up to five priority projects for Round Three and up to three priority projects for Round Four. These selected projects proceeded to the next stage of the application process. Projects to be funded under Round Three have been announced. The projects will support small towns (with a population of less than 30,000).

The announcement of projects to be funded under Round Four has commenced. These projects will support strategic infrastructure projects across regional Australia.


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Last Updated: 19 June, 2013