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Trade

$160m in export grants allocated within hours

A new digital portal built for Austrade’s reformed ‘first-come, first-served’ export grants program processed hundreds of submissions for funding within hours of applications opening, frustrating some users. The speed...

Export market grants get a modest bump for next round

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Grants awarded under the reformed Export Market Development Grant program will be worth at least $20,000 following the introduction of a minimum value and a shift to a first-come,...

New eligibility criteria confirmed in EMDG rules refresh

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A new eligibility criteria for the federal government’s troubled Export Market Development Grants program came into effect on Friday, conferring additional powers on the Austrade chief executive. The Export...

Govt set to ‘refocus’ export grants scheme

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Eligibility reforms and payment caps are among the changes to the popular Export Market Development Grant program being considered by the federal government to address long-term structural problems with...

$61m cut from popular export grants program

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Funding for the popular Export Market Development Grant program will be cut by $61 million over the next four years, with the savings to be redirected to other federal...

Review calls for bigger Export Market grants

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Changes to the Export Market Development Grants program aimed at increasing the value of individual grants will be considered following the release of the program’s operational review on Thursday....

Value of Export Market grants declines again

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The value of Export Market Development Grants has declined again against the legislated cap as Austrade begins offering grant agreements under Round Two. Under changes introduced under the Coalition,...

Austrade to lead review of Export Market grant scheme

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Austrade has been tasked with conducting an operational review into its troubled export market development grants scheme, with a report including potential policy refinements to be handed to the...