Regional Development Australia Fund
Funded Projects – Round One
Summary
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Projects to be Funded: 35
Total Value of RDAF Funding: $149.57m (rounded)
Total Value of all Projects being Funded: $418m (rounded)
State or
Territory
RDA
Committee
Local
Government
Area
Proponent
Project
Description
RDAF Grant
Total
Project
Value
(Rounded)
New South
Wales
RDA Northern
Rivers
Ballina Shire
Council
Ballina Shire
Council
Ballina Byron
Gateway
Airport Apron
Extension
Project.
RDA Central
Coast
Gosford City
Council
Central Coast
Emergency
Accommodation
Services Ltd
Refurbishment
of the Coast
Community
Centre
The project will upgrade and extend the Ballina
Byron Gateway Airport apron parking bays,
taxiway and hardstand area to allow for parking
of three jet aircraft at a time. These
improvements will provide capacity for
additional passenger movements.
The project will refurbish the existing facility to
provide access to a larger number of individuals.
It will directly assist socially and financially
disadvantaged members of the community by
providing free meals and support services.
1
$3.5m
$4.0 m
$890,000
$2.2m
RDA South
Coast
Bega Valley
Shire Council
Four Winds
Concerts Inc
Four Winds:
Building
Nature’s
Concert Hall
RDA Riverina
Griffith City
Council
Griffith City
Council
Upgrade to
Griffith Airport
(Terminal and
Main Apron)
RDA Hunter
Newcastle
City Council
Hunter Valley
Research
Foundation
Expanding the
capacity of the
Hunter Valley
Research
Foundation
RDA Northern
Rivers
Lismore City
Council
Lismore City
Council
Lismore City
Hall Upgrade
The project will result in a centre with facilities
for large and small cultural events. The centre
will consist of a large open-air amphitheatre
with an adjacent greenroom, and a multipurpose
250 square metre indoor hall with an adjacent
meeting room, kitchen and toilets.
The project will double the existing floor space
of the Griffith Airport terminal, which will
provide suitable space to cater for projected
passenger numbers for the next 30 years. The
project also includes green initiatives to help
reduce the environmental footprint of the
terminal.
The project will expand the capacity of the
Hunter Valley Research Foundation (HVRF),
enhancing its capacity to meet the emerging
information needs of the Hunter community into
the future. By providing a comprehensive
understanding of regional economic and social
limitations and issues, HVRF helps people to
make better decisions about development and
expansion.
The project will improve access and performance
support facilities at Lismore City Hall, allowing a
broader range of performers to use the venue,
including those with disabilities. The hall
upgrade will also allow different types of
performing arts to come to the region, for
example trapeze acts or flying elements, which
cannot currently be catered for at the venue.
2
$1.67m
$2.88m
$1.9m
$2.4m
$698,000
$937,600
$4.96m
$5.99m
RDA Hunter
Newcastle
City Council
Newcastle City
Council
Newcastle
Region Art
Gallery
Redevelopment
The project will expand the established
Newcastle Art Gallery, increasing usable space to
over 2,300 square metres over two levels. New
facilities will include a theatrette, function space,
cafe and retails shops. This will encourage
further investment in the commercialisation and
production of local and regional art.
$7.0 m
$21.0m
RDA Northern
Inland
Armidale
Dumaresq
Council
St Vincent de
Paul Society
(NSW)
Freeman House
– Rebuild for
Regional
Health,
Education and
Communities
Project.
This project will rebuild the Freeman House
Complex, which houses a specialist
Homelessness & Drug and Alcohol (D&A)
Rehabilitation service and education program.
The build design and process incorporates
innovative professional, environmental and
heritage standards.
$8.0m
$18.0m
RDA Illawarra
Wollongong
City Council
Youth Off The
Streets Limited
Youth Off The
Streets –
Project
Cordeaux
The project will refurbish the existing facility,
transforming it into a modern, environmentally
conscious facility providing services based on
innovative therapeutic models and rehabilitation
for high needs, disengaged young people.
$2.26m
$4.83m
RDA Loddon
Mallee
Greater
Bendigo City
Council
Greater Bendigo
City Council
Sandhurst
(Bendigo)
Community
Theatre
Complex
$12.3m
$25.8m
RDA Barwon
South West
City of
Greater
Geelong
City of Greater
Geelong
The new
Geelong Library
and Heritage
Centre
The project will provide a commercial grade
1000-seat theatre complex in Bendigo that will
offer music, dance and drama studios, general
learning areas, a commercial kitchen and an
upgraded theatre entrance foyer and other
amenities.
The project will construct a new library and
heritage centre for the Geelong region to
provide access to career resources, create an
informed community, focus on cultural and
artistic development and provide free and
universal access to IT infrastructure, digital
literacy and technological resources.
$10.0m
$45.0m
Victoria
3
RDA Barwon
South West
City of
Greater
Geelong
Geelong Football
Club Limited
Skilled Stadium
Redevelopment – Stage 3
(Southern
Stand)
RDA Barwon
South West
Southern
Grampians
Shire Council
Southern
Grampians Shire
Council
Lake Hamilton
Regional All
Abilities
Playground and
Foreshore
Redevelopment
RDA
Grampians
Hepburn
Shire Council
Hepburn Shire
Council
Clunes
Community and
Interpretive
Centre.
The project will develop Stage three of the
Skilled Stadium in Geelong. The development
includes a new grand stand, incorporating a
wellness and education centre, a sports
museum, permanent broadcast screens and
improved public facilities. These facilities will
increase the function space available to the
Geelong region to levels not currently available
and provide a centre for development of social,
sporting and cultural activities. The new
facilities will also expand the potential to attract
sporting events to the region.
This project will construct and develop the Lake
Hamilton foreshore and provide a significant
enhancement of the built environment in the
region. The development will provide the
community with an all abilities playground, an
active themed foreshore area and jetty. The
Lake Hamilton after the redevelopment will
provide locals and visitors with an attractive
centre for activities and play in the Southern
Grampians Shire.
The project will incorporate visitor information
services, the Clunes Museum, exhibition spaces
and the Clunes library. These facilities will
provide a vibrant centre and a functional
community space for community activity and
employment and training opportunities.
4
$10.0
$46.0m
$1.05m
$1.66m
$2.7m
$3.23m
Queensland
RDA Wide
Bay Burnett
Bundaberg
Regional
Council
Bundaberg
Regional Council
Bundaberg
Recreational
Precinct
The project will redevelop an existing
recreational area into the region's premium
events and recreation facility. This includes the
construction of a roofed equestrian facility to
attract significant events from throughout the
region and State to assist with sporting tourism
and the region’s overall profile.
$4.0m
$6.0m
RDA Gold
Coast
Gold Coast
City Council
Gold Coast City
Council
Upper Coomera
Community and
Youth Hub
$2.02m
$23.51
RDA Wide
Bay Burnett
Fraser Coast
Regional
Council
Lifeline
Community Care
Lifeline Youth,
Community
Counselling,
Education and
Training
Facilities
$1.03m
$3.5m
RDA Sunshine
Coast
Sunshine
Coast
Regional
Council
Maleny
Community
Centre Inc
Maleny
Community
Centre Social
Enterprise
Capacity
Building
Renovation
Stage 1B
The project will construct a youth recreational
and enterprise activity space, art workshop and
training room, performance stage, computer
room, and a recording studio. This hub will
support local young people through the
provision of recreational and cultural programs.
The project will construct facilities to allow LCC
to delivers free counselling and support services
to the communities in the region. In addition to
this service, space within the development will
also be used as the Central Control Office for
coordination of LCC’s role as the First ResponsePsychological First Aid following natural
disasters.
The project will improve access to the
community centre, provide additional
community and commercial spaces, install
broadband infrastructure, construct a new roof
solar power system and water tanks and will
extend the upper story over the footpath to
provide weather protection for a gathering
space beneath.
$1.65m
$1.72m
5
RDA Ipswich
and West
Moreton
Somerset
Regional
Council
Somerset
Regional Council
Somerset Civic
Centre
RDA Fitzroy
and Central
West
Rockhampton
Regional
Council
Rockhampton
Regional Council
Rockhampton
Southside
Memorial Pool
Redevelopment
RDA
Townsville
and North
West
Queensland
Townsville
City Council
Townsville City
Council
Magnetic Island
Walkway
Project – Nelly
Bay to Arcadia
RDA Far
North
Anangu
Pitjatjantjara
Yankunytjatja
ra (APY)
Ananguku Arts
and Culture
Aboriginal
Corporation
APY Art Centres
2030
RDA Barossa
The Barossa
Council
The Barossa
Council
The Tanunda to
Gawler Shared
Bicycle/
Walking Path
The project will provide a 350-seat capacity
Somerset Civic Centre in Esk. The centre will
include an auditorium with stage, backstage
areas and dressing rooms, together with a
multifunction room and associated amenities.
Specific space will also be devoted to disaster
coordination centre activities.
This project will redevelop the existing pool
facility to FINA international competition
standards, allowing it to host inter-regional,
state, national and international swimming
events. The facility will also be accessible to
people with disability. Warm-down facilities for
other adult and youth sports players will also be
constructed.
This project will construct a protected walkway
along Arcadia Road to link the main centres of
tourism and residential activity on Magnetic
Island. This will provide safe and scenic access
for tourists and residents.
$2.0m
$4.4m
$5.0m
$15.0m
$4.79m
$5.29m
$2.84m
$2.84m
$4.81m
$5.44m
South
Australia
The project will upgrade and build new art
centre infrastructure at Iwantja, Mimili, Kaltjiti,
Ernabella, Amata and Kalka on the APY Lands to
enable increased access to art centre programs
and to increase Indigenous employment
opportunities in the arts and associated work.
The project will construct a new shared bicycle
and walking path from Tanunda to Gawler in
support of the region’s reputation as a cyclefriendly tourist area.
6
RDA Far
North
Flinders
Ranges
Council
Flinders Ranges
Council
Energizing The
Flinders - A
green energy
infrastructure
project for The
Flinders
Port Lincoln
Airport
Upgrade
RDA Whyalla
and Eyre
Peninsula
District
Council of
Lower Eyre
Peninsula
District Council of
Lower Eyre
Peninsula
RDA Whyalla
and Eyre
Peninsula
District
Council of
Streaky Bay
District Council of
Streaky Bay
Development
of the Streaky
Bay Oval
Precinct
RDA Yorke
and MidNorth
Port Pirie
Regional
Council
UnitingCare
Wesley Port Pirie
Inc
Port Pirie
Men’s Shed
and Community
Centre
Complex
Rebuild Project
RDA Great
Southern
Shire of
Katanning
Shire of
Katanning
Katanning
Regional Sheep
Saleyards
The project will install solar power systems at 10
locations across the Flinders region, and 84 solar
lights throughout the region at local community
places, such as playgrounds, monuments,
walking-bike trails, and recreation and sporting
areas.
The project includes the construction of a new
purpose built terminal building and car park.
The project will also deliver facilities to security
screen passengers and baggage, while improving
the amenity for travellers by providing quality
passenger services and facilities, including air
conditioning and a cafe.
The project will construct a new community
complex, gymnasium/activities room and two
synthetic bowling greens at the Streaky Bay Oval
Precinct. This will provide greater opportunities
for community interaction and the capacity to
host regional events and conferences.
The project will reconstruct the Port Pirie Men’s
Shed and Community Centre Complex to support
current and expanded training and employment
activities for disadvantaged people and families
in the region.
$914,672
$1.19m
$4.5m
$12.66m
$1.72m
$2.85m
$1.11m
$1.38m
$7.42m
$25.47m
Western
Australia
The project will relocate and construct a new
state-of-the-art sheep saleyards in Katanning to
support improved compliance with OH&S
regulations, environmental legislation and
animal welfare regulations.
7
RDA
Kimberley
Shire of
Broome
Kimberley Land
Council
Aboriginal
Corporation
Kimberley Land
Council Office
Project
RDA Perth
City of
Rockingham
City of
Rockingham
Baldivis Library
and Community
Centre
RDA Pilbara
Shire of
Roebourne
Shire of
Roebourne
Karratha
Leisure
Complex
RDA Northern
Territory
Alice Springs
Town Council
Alice Springs
Town Council
Alice Springs
Regional Waste
Management
Centre
RDA Northern
Territory
Darwin City
Council
Housing Industry
Association
Limited
HIA Multi
Purpose
Building
Industry
Training Centre
- Darwin
The project will construct a purpose built facility
for the Kimberley Land Council, to house all
employees in the one location and allow the
council's work to expand. The project will also
provide opportunities to indigenous
communities for training in the construction
industry and creation of employment.
The project will construct a library and
community centre within the Baldivis Town
Centre. The centre will provide amenities to
support the local community, including a
contemporary library encompassing literature,
multimedia collections, e-services, e-training
areas, early childhood and youth activity areas,
study and outdoor reading spaces, staff
amenities, storage and customer service.
The new Karratha Leisure Complex (KLC) will be
a multi-purpose sporting, aquatic and recreation
facility that will also provide critical emergency
evacuation and welfare facilities for the region.
The facility will improve community access to
sporting facilities.
$4.9m
$14.59m
$5.57m
$11.15m
$15.0m
$65.0m
$3.5m
$5.04m
$3.25m
$4.98m
Northern
Territory
The project will provide Central Australia with an
economically viable and environmentally
sustainable waste management system with
capacity to service the region for the next 30
years.
The project will construct a dedicated training
facility to support the housing and construction
industry in the Northern Territory. The facility
will provide building industry training and
support services, apprenticeships and training,
with a particular focus on disadvantaged youth.
8
Tasmania
RDA
Tasmania
Glenorchy
City Council
Glenorchy City
Council
Glenorchy Art
& Sculpture
Park- Stage 2
RDA
Tasmania
Hobart City
Council
St Giles Society
Inc
Meeting
Regional
Needs:
Delivering a
Paediatric
Regional Centre
of Excellence
State or Territory
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Northern Territory
Tasmania
NATIONAL TOTAL
Number of
Projects
Supported
9
5
7
6
4
2
2
35
This project will construct new shared paths,
landscaping, and a building space. The park will
provide essential infrastructure critical to
enabling access to the pedestrian and ferry
connections to Museum of Old and New Art, and
Hobart.
The project will build a new multi-purpose
Paediatric Allied Health Centre in West Hobart.
This centre will deliver an integrated paediatric
allied health service and e-health solutions
across Southern Tasmania.
RDAF Grant
$30.87m
$36.05m
$20.49m
$15.89m
$32.89m
$6.75m
$6.63m
$149.57m
9
$2.32m
$15.9m
$4.31m
$5.81m