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(f) Grants are assessed by a panel comprising government and community members. All panel members are required to sign a conflict of interest declaration to ensure that there are no conflicts with grant applicants. Once recommendations are put forward by the panel, these are approved by the panel Chair and the relevant delegate within CSD. There are feedback and complaints mechanisms provided to applicants regarding the grant process.
(g)-(h) Provision of the level of detail requested would require a significant diversion of resources that cannot be justified.
(i) There are Grant Guidelines available for each grant program and these are published on the CSD website here: https://www.communityservices.act.gov.au/home/grants when grant rounds are open. This website also includes a link to general information about applying for a grant.
3. (a) and (d) As noted in response to Question 1, grants recipients are listed at the following webpage: https://www.communityservices.act.gov.au/atsia/grants. These links provide the amount received by each grant recipient (noting that the names of recipients are redacted when the recipient is an individual).
(b)-(c) Provision of the level of detail requested would require a significant diversion of resources that cannot be justified.
(e) There are sometimes conditions put on successful recipients where there are specific requirements of the grant that needs to be met. This could include things like the requirement to obtain the proper insurance for an event. However, no Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander grant programs prevent (or have the effect of preventing) a recipient making public comment on any issue.
4. Information about the broad range of grants outside the competitive grants programs, including grants delivered in response to COVID-19, is reported in CSD Annual Report available at:
• Community Services Directorate Annual Report 2016-17
• Community Services Directorate Annual Report 2017-18
• Community Services Directorate Annual Report 2018-19
• Community Services Directorate Annual Report 2019-20
• Community Services Directorate Annual Report 2020-21
5) Providing this level of detail would require a significant diversion of resources that cannot be justified given the level of information publicly available on grants, as outlined above.
6) See responses above. Any conditions on grant recipients are included in the individualised Letter of Offer provided to successful applicants, which are not published. However, conditions that apply to grants generally are outlined in the Grant Guidelines for each program.
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