The Residential-based Aged Care Services and Staff Accommodation Grant Opportunity (GO7524) closed at 2pm AEST on Tuesday 20 May 2025.
Up to $300 million was made available to fund infrastructure projects that will maintain or improve access to quality residential-based aged care services in:
- regional, rural and remote communities (MM 2 to MM 7)
- metropolitan locations (MM 1) where these services will provide specialised or targeted care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
In addition, staff accommodation projects that support residential-based aged care service provision in regional, rural and remote locations (MM 2 to MM 7) were also eligible for funding.
Results
This was a highly competitive opportunity, with demand far exceeding available funding. In total, 367 applications sought over $2.4 billion for the $300 million made available.
The opportunity allocated a total of $300 million for 66 projects.
State/Territory |
Number of projects |
Allocated funding |
|---|---|---|
NSW |
9 |
$78,247,088 |
Vic |
16 |
$31,691,616 |
Qld |
8 |
$64,330,389 |
WA |
12 |
$28,721,951 |
SA |
11 |
$26,323,038 |
Tas |
6 |
$31,259,778 |
NT |
4 |
$39,424,922 |
ACT |
- |
$- |
Total |
66 |
$299,998,782 |
MMM 2019 |
Number of projects |
Allocated funding |
|---|---|---|
MM 1 |
- |
$- |
MM 2 |
9 |
$68,321,105 |
MM 3 |
8 |
$64,485,193 |
MM 4 |
9 |
$18,021,954 |
MM 5 |
28 |
$95,388,939 |
MM 6 |
4 |
$5,985,052 |
MM 7 |
8 |
$47,796,540 |
Total |
66 |
$299,998,782 |
