Regional Airports Program – Round 4

What is eligible for funding?

To be eligible your project must

• Be aimed at improving safety and accessibility and/or the transition to net zero at airports or
  aerodromes in regional areas of Australia
• Have at least $20,000 in eligible expenditure.

Eligible expenditure includes:

• Contractor costs:
  • Costs associated with contractors who undertake project activities (including capital items and materials purchased by contractor).
• Employee costs:
  • The portion of employee costs directly related to undertaking core elements of the project.
• Aviation-safety related staff training:
  • Costs associated with the provision of aviation-safety related staff training including in the safe use of low or zero carbon fuels.
• Capital expenditure:
  • For the purchase of assets, including:
  • Power provisions
  • Lighting and control systems
  • Markers and navigational aids
  • Training materials
  • Low or zero carbon fuel storage, hydrogen fuelling or storage facilities, electric chargers.
• Materials:
  • Costs associated with the purchase of materials for:
  • Airstrip sealing, re-sealing and sheeting
  • Repair, restoration and reconstruction or drainage works
  • Fencing
  • Airside ambulance and passenger shelters.
• Tender design and process costs:
  • Costs associated with final engineering specifications and drawings required for tender design and construction process maximum of 5 per cent of eligible project cost
  • Contingency costs up to a maximum of 10 per cent of the eligible project cost. Noting that we only make payments based on actual cost incurred.
• Independent audit:
  • The cost of an independent audit of project expenditure up to a maximum of 1 per cent of total eligible project expenditure or a maximum of $5,000 (mandatory for projects over $500,000 or where we request one).