Grants for Australian businesses

Own a resort, AirBnB, or travel experience business? The last few months have been horrible for many, but particularly dreadful for the tourism industry. Government support has been helpful in some forms but the feedback we get is that it is often difficult to find. In this post we sourced and collected all the government grants we could to make it just that little bit easier, hopefully this can be of some assistance to businesses such as yours. This list may not be exhaustive of everything out there but it is a good start:

Our own support program:

As we have mentioned in a previous article, we extended our bushfire support program for Australian businesses affected by the bushfires of late 2019-early 2020 until the end of the year which includes free and discounted videography and photography services of which you are likely to be eligible. For more details please contact us through our form on our homepage: here

Bushfire Specific Programs:

Bushfire Federal Small Business Financial Support Line 1800 413 82

• grants for small businesses of up to $10,000 for eligible small businesses in selected fire-affected Local Government Areas

• recovery grants of up to $50,000 for eligible small businesses and non-profit organisations 

• concessional loans of up to $500,000 for eligible small businesses and non-profit organisations

Grants for small businesses

• New South Wales

• South Australia

• Victoria

Recovery grants

• New South Wales

• South Australia

• Victoria

Concessional loans

• Australian Capital Territory

• New South Wales

• Queensland

• South Australia

• Victoria

COVID-19 ("Coronavirus") Programs:

Federal:

https://www.business.gov.au/risk-management/emergency-management/coronavirus-information-and-support-for-business/government-assistance-for-business

• Instant asset write-off threshold has been increased to $150,000.

• Backing Business Investment. A time limited 15 month investment incentive to support business investment and economic growth over the short-term, by accelerating depreciation deductions

Check your eligibility for the instant asset write-off with theAustralian Taxation Office

Grants and support

NSW

• COVID-19 help for small businesses

• Payroll tax relief measures for New South Wales businesses impacted by COVID-19

Northern Territory

• Business recovery - support for businesses

• Intensive business support program for Northern Territory tourism businesses

Queensland

• Queensland business and industry support for those affected by COVID-19

• Low interest loans of up to $250,000 for carry on finance with an initial 12-month interest free period for businesses to retain staff

South Australia

• Support for businesses, jobs and the community impacted by COVID-19

Tasmania

• COVID-19 Business support packages

Victoria

• Funding for eligible Victorian businesses affected by COVID-19

• Tax relief measures for eligible Victorian businesses impacted by COVID-19

Western Australia

• Support for small business dealing with coronavirus

• WA Government small business stimulus/relief package

• Payroll tax measures for eligible Western Australian businesses impacted by the coronavirus

Note: we have not revised the above programs in detail and do not know the suitability of any for you or your business. The purpose of this list is to collate as much resources as we could find to help you find information which may be helpful to you.