Tag: EMDG

$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...

EMDG recipients mistakenly told they’d get no money

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Recipients of federal government export grants were mistakenly told by the government they would not receive any second tranche payment before later being informed that they would get a...

‘It will fail’: Export grants scheme still in turmoil

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The popular export market grants scheme is doomed to fail unless there is a “severe overhaul” following the federal government’s controversial reforms which have drastically reduced the value of...