Table 6.27 Grants in 2005–06
| Grant Program |
2003–04
Actual
$'000 |
2004–05
Actual
$'000 |
2005–06
Actual
$'000 |
| Army Military History Research Grants Scheme |
50 |
50 |
50 |
| Defence Family Support Funding Program |
1,056 |
927 |
1,030 |
| The Royal United Services Institute of Australia |
75 |
75 |
79 |
| Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia–Pacific (Australian
Chapter) |
40 |
40 |
– |
| Point Nepean Community Trust |
5,000 |
– |
– |
| Transfer of Land at Police Point to the Mornington Peninsula Shire
Council |
1,000 |
– |
– |
| Other Grants—Frontline |
– |
850 |
1,650 |
| Other Grants—Livingstone Shire Council |
– |
– |
3,181 |
| Other Grants—International Institute for Strategic Studies |
– |
– |
67 |
| Total |
7,221 |
1,942 |
6,057 |
Army Military History Research Grants Scheme
This scheme supports and encourages research into the role and involvement
of the Army in the development of the nation. Recipients of the grants
are shown Table 6.28.
Table 6.28 Army Military History
Research Grants Scheme Expenditure
| Grantee |
Country/State |
Title of Research |
Grant
$ |
| Professor Allison Gilmore |
USA |
Linguists as Intelligence Agents: the Allied Translator and Interpreter
Section in the Pacific War and Occupation of Japan |
7,500 |
| Dr Catherine Blackmore |
Tas |
The Great War and Modern Medicine |
3,200 |
| Mr Craig Deayton |
WA |
Ill-starred: The Story of the 47th Battallion |
6,000 |
| Dr Daniel Marston |
UK |
Riding the Tiger: 5RAR in Vietnam |
4,000 |
| Dr Errol Vieth and Ms Kathryn Ames |
Qld |
Shoalwater Bay: Through the Eye of Major Jack Crigan |
2,000 |
| Colonel F.P. Scott |
SA |
Command of 3RAR in Vietnam in 1971 |
400 |
| Mr Ian Howie-Willis |
ACT |
Biography of Major General Rupert Downes (1885–1945) |
4,000 |
| Mr Jean Bou |
Qld |
History of Australian Light Horse |
6,400 |
| Dr Johannes Pols |
NSW |
Mental Breakdown, Medicine and Recovery in the Australian Army
in WW2 |
6,000 |
| Mr Peter Beale |
NSW |
Australian Armoured Force in WW2 |
3,000 |
| Mr Phillip Bradley |
NSW |
The War Campaign, March 1942 – Feb 1943 |
4,000 |
| Mr Phillip Cobbin |
NSW |
The Army Accountancy Advisory Panel, 1942–1945 |
1,500 |
| Dr Ross McMullin |
Vic |
Geoff McCrae and Australian Lost Generation |
2,000 |
| Total |
|
|
50,000 |
Defence Family Support Funding Program
This program provides funds to support projects and services initiated
by Defence families. It is also available to existing groups in the
community composed of, or benefiting, Defence families. In 2005–06,
direct expenditure on grants totalled $0.945m and seeding grants totalled
$0.085m, as shown in Tables 6.29 and 6.30.
Table 6.29 Defence Family
Support Funding Program—Direct Grants Expenditure 2005–06
| Organisation |
Grant
$ |
| Banksia House Interest Group |
5,858 |
| Butterworth Support Group |
8,120 |
| Creative Craft Club |
643 |
| Duntroon Community Centre Inc |
33,670 |
| Gungahlin Defence Families Playgroup |
2,295 |
| Total Australian Capital Territory |
50,586 |
| Anklebiters Playgroup |
660 |
| Defence Special Needs Support Group—National |
36,535 |
| Defence Special Needs Support Group—Williamtown |
600 |
| Forrest Hill Defence Community Group |
2,500 |
| Kapooka Community Centre Management Committee Inc |
29,140 |
| Kissingpoint Cottage |
24,124 |
| Nelson Bay Community Playgroup |
300 |
| Richmond Base Playgroup Inc |
5,191 |
| Singleton Area Military Support Network Inc |
13,204 |
| Shoalhaven Defence Families Association Inc |
12,309 |
| Wagga Wagga Defence Newsletter |
6,350 |
| Waratah Interest Group Inc |
13,065 |
| Williamtown RAAF Playgroup |
3,239 |
| Williamtown Umbrella Support Group Inc |
24,273 |
| Total New South Wales |
171,490 |
| Billeroy Road Community Centre Inc |
34,555 |
| Larrakeyah Neighbourhood House Inc |
34,640 |
| North Australia Area Family Support Committee Inc |
43,535 |
| Robertson Barracks Family Group Inc |
8,663 |
| The Top Ender Tri-Services Newsletter Inc |
38,003 |
| Tindal Preschool Parent Association |
4,555 |
| Total Northern Territory |
163,951 |
| Amberley Community Preschool & Kindergarten Inc |
2,500 |
| Defence Community & Recreation Centre |
39,362 |
| Defence Special Needs Support Group—Darling Downs |
1,360 |
| Family Community Centre Inc |
32,752 |
| Kokoda Barracks Family Association |
8,657 |
| Pine River Family Association Inc |
3,045 |
| Toowoomba Defence Family Support Association Inc |
24,395 |
| Tri-Service Defence Family Support Association Inc |
28,608 |
| Total Queensland |
140,679 |
| Edinburgh Community Centre |
115,105 |
| North East Defence Community |
5,250 |
| Woodside Defence Family Association |
9,102 |
| Total South Australia |
129,457 |
| Dowsing Point Community Centre |
20,005 |
| Total Tasmania |
20,005 |
| Bandiana Neighbourhood House Inc |
5,621 |
| Cerberus Cottage Family & Friends Association Inc |
19,653 |
| Defence Special Needs Support Group—Melbourne West |
1,210 |
| East Sale Family Group |
2,723 |
| East Sale Kindergarten Group |
500 |
| Mactier Community Centre |
3,100 |
| Necana Association |
10,967 |
| Puckapunyal & District Neighbourhood Centre Inc |
34,284 |
| Puckapunyal Kindergarten Association Inc |
7,658 |
| RAAF Williams Family Centre |
2,025 |
| Werribee Defence Community House Inc |
70,220 |
| Total Victoria |
157,961 |
| Karrakatta Community House Inc |
38,883 |
| Karrakatta Community House Inc Shadecloth |
10,935 |
| Marilla House |
32,300 |
| Pearce Community Toy Library & Social Group Inc |
4,324 |
| Pilbara Regiment Family Group |
4,294 |
| Special Air Service Regiment Auxiliary Inc |
12,800 |
| Submarine Community Group Inc |
6,835 |
| Total Western Australia |
110,371 |
| |
|
| Direct Grants Grand Total |
944,500 |
Table 6.30 Defence Family
Support Funding Program—Seeding Grants Expenditure 2005–06
| Organisation |
Grant
$ |
| North Australia Area Family Support Committee Inc |
71,377 |
| Total Northern Territory |
71,377 |
| Defence Community & Recreation Centre |
14,131 |
| Total Queensland |
14,131 |
| |
|
| Seeding Grants Grand Total |
85,508 |
Royal United Services Institute of Australia
The grant of $79,000 provides assistance to the Royal United Services
Institute of Australia in promoting the discussion of national security
and defence matters, and improving public awareness and understanding
of such matters through the Institute's program of international seminars,
ongoing lectures in all states and territories, publication of a national
journal, addressing strategic, defence and national security issues.
The grant also provides continuing support for the Institute's national
secretariat.
Other Grants—Frontline
The grant provides funding assistance to Frontline to enable the ongoing
provision of canteen and tavern services and other amenities to Army
and Air Force members on operations and on bases and barracks. Ministerial
approval was provided on 31 May 2005 for a grant of $1.7m to support
Frontline until 30 June 2006 and the first payment of $0.850m was made
in June 2005. A further $0.8m was approved in October 2005 for the period
from 1 July 2006 to 31 December 2006. The total grant to the Frontline
Organisation in 2005–06 was $1.650m.
Other Grants—Livingstone Shire Council
The grant provides funding assistance to the Livingstone Shire Council
to upgrade and improve access roads to the Shoalwater Bay Training Area.
The grant will assist in sustaining the training area and enable continued
safe access to Shoalwater Bay for training purposes. Ministerial approval
was provided in September 2005 for a grant of $7.4m, with $3.5m available
in 2005–06 and the balance of $3.9m
to be paid in 2006–07. The total
payment to the Livingston Shire Council to upgrade and improve access
roads to the Shoalwater Bay Training Area in 2005–06
was $3.181m.
Other Grants—International Institute for Strategic Studies
A grant of $66,530 was made to the International Institute of Strategic
Studies as a contribution to the overall cost of the 2006 Shangri-La
dialogue. Ministerial approval for the grant was obtained in September
2005.
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