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Inquiry into a New Regional Development Funding Program

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Submissions

The Committee encourages submissions to its inquiry from a wide range of individuals and organisations. While we prefer submissions lodged in an original, electronic format, we do not want to exclude contributors who do not have access to computing facilities. Therefore, we will accept submissions in a range of formats which may include typewritten and handwritten documents.

Submissions to this inquiry are listed below in Portable Document Format (PDF). If an alternative format (ie, hard copy or large print) is required, please contact the Committee Secretariat. More submissions will be added to the list when they are received and authorised for publication.

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There is currently a total of 266 submissions and 8 supplementary submissions in the following list.


  1. Illawarra Area Consultative Committee Inc (PDF 914KB)

  2. Mr Philip Butherway (PDF 237KB)

  3. Tatiara District Council (PDF 301KB)

  4. Mr Jude van der Merwe (PDF 273KB)

  5. Mr Ian McCausland (PDF 263KB)

  6. Yarra Valley & The Dandenongs Marketing (PDF 277KB)

  7. Leeton Shire Council (PDF 334KB)

  8. Deniliquin Council (PDF 345KB)

  9. Macedon Range Shire Council (PDF 462KB)

  10. Adjunct Professor Tony Sorensen & Associate Professor Neil Argent (PDF 1141KB)

  11. Wheatbelt Region (PDF 306KB)

  12. Mansfield Shire Council (PDF 548KB)

  13. Gwydir Shire Council (PDF 341KB)

  14. Gloucester Shire Council (PDF 625KB)

  15. Shire of Mukinbudin (PDF 467KB)

  16. ACC – Geelong (PDF 334KB)

  17. Australian Citrus Propagation Association Inc. (PDF 497KB)

  18. ACC – Central Victoria (PDF 2516KB)

  19. Mid North Coast Regional Development Board (PDF 684KB)

  20. City of Bunbury (PDF 584KB)

  21. Gillingarra Sport & Recreation Club Inc. (PDF 576KB)

  22. Mid West Gascoyne ACC (PDF 1524KB)

  23. Shire of Dumbleyung (PDF 305KB)

  24. Central Coast of NSW Are Consultative Committee Inc (PDF 814KB)

  25. McCallum (PDF 351KB)

  26. Murweh Shire Council (PDF 335KB)

  27. Nimbin Neighbourhood & Information Centre Inc. (PDF 633KB)

  28. Austchilli Pty Limited (PDF 833KB)

  29. Shire of West Arthur (PDF 359KB)

  30. Cootamundra Mens Shed Inc (PDF 417KB)

  31. Upper Lachlan Shire Council (PDF 391KB)

  32. ACC - WA's South West (PDF 839KB)

  33. District Council of Barunga West (PDF 407KB)

  34. Richmond Valley Council (PDF 318KB)

  35. Surf Life Saving Australia (PDF 1446KB)

  36. National Rural Health Alliance (PDF 686KB)

  37. Northern Areas Council (PDF 733KB)

  38. Superyacht Base Brisbane (PDF 782KB)

  39. Marymead Child & Family Services (PDF 348KB)

  40. Shire of York (PDF 408KB)

  41. vic Central Highlands - ACC (PDF 679KB)

  42. Colac Otway Shire (PDF 586KB)

  43. City of Mount Gambier (PDF 705KB)

  44. ACC - Central Queensland (PDF 497KB)
    Attachment A to Submission 44:
    ACC - Central Queensland (PDF 1999KB)

    Supplementary to Submission 44:
    ACC - Central Queensland (PDF 804KB)

  45. Hyden Progress Association Inc (PDF 648KB)

  46. Ms Ellena Biggs (PDF 549KB)

  47. Goulburn Mulwaree Council (PDF 270KB)

  48. Nhulunbuy Corporation Limited (PDF 347KB)

  49. Australian National Audit Office (PDF 2127KB)

  50. Supplementary to Submission 49:
    Australian National Audit Office (PDF 112KB)

    Supplementary to Submission 49:
    Australian National Audit Office (PDF 634KB)

  51. Central Wheatbelt Visitor Centre (PDF 449KB)

  52. Horsham Rural City Council (PDF 392KB)

  53. Shire of Harvey (PDF 363KB)

  54. Blueprint Shoalhaven (PDF 554KB)

  55. Shire of Northam (PDF 408KB)

  56. Mildura Youth Hot Air Balloon Club Inc (PDF 697KB)

  57. Bruce Rock District High School (PDF 318KB)

  58. Narromine Shire Council (PDF 294KB)

  59. Albany Bridge Club (PDF 506KB)

  60. Department of Education & Training (PDF 362KB)

  61. Point Lonsdale Bowls Club Inc. (PDF 574KB)

  62. Monaro Early Intervention Service (MEIS) (PDF 343KB)

  63. Perth Area Consultative Committee Inc. (PDF 690KB)

  64. Supplementary to Submission 62:
    Perth Area Consultative Committee Inc. (PDF 245KB)

  65. Shire of Gingin (PDF 491KB)

  66. Shire of Nannup (PDF 334KB)

  67. ACC - Sturt (PDF 689KB)

  68. Moyne Shire Council (PDF 579KB)

  69. Shire of Dowerin (PDF 466KB)

  70. Midsvold Motel (PDF 266KB)

  71. Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (PDF 1572KB)

  72. Supplementary to Submission 69:
    Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (PDF 339KB)

  73. Strathbogie Shire Council (PDF 453KB)

  74. Shire of Moora (PDF 326KB)

  75. Framework Lifestyle Planning Pty Limited (PDF 482KB)

  76. Gulf Savannah Development (PDF 367KB)

  77. Albany Lions Community Care Centre (PDF 514KB)

  78. Warrnambool City Council (PDF 997KB)

  79. ACC - Shoalhaven (PDF 381KB)

  80. Hunter Economic Development Corporation (PDF 850KB)

  81. Ms Gail Short (PDF 553KB)

  82. South West Development Commission (PDF 590KB)

  83. Warren Blackwood Strategic Alliance (PDF 356KB)

  84. Wimmera Information Network Inc. (PDF 408KB)

  85. Lifeline Canberra (PDF 354KB)

  86. ACC - Goldfields Esperance (PDF 1828KB)

  87. Aussie Accounts (PDF 287KB)

  88. Shire of Wyalkatchem (PDF 509KB)

  89. Grampians Pyrenees Regional Development Board (PDF 276KB)

  90. Northern Regional Development Board Inc. (PDF 328KB)

  91. Four Post Youth Camp Inc. (PDF 347KB)

  92. Chief Minister, ACT Legislative Assembly (PDF 322KB)

  93. Shire of Goomalling (PDF 2101KB)

  94. ACC - Central NSW (PDF 1231KB)

  95. ACC - North East Victoria (PDF 4381KB)

  96. ACC - South East NSW (PDF 316KB)

  97. Murray Shire Council (PDF 275KB)

  98. Council of Mayors – South East Queensland (PDF 301KB)

  99. ACC - Melbourne East (PDF 11336KB)

  100. Tuross Head Country Club Limited (PDF 354KB)

  101. Shire of Wakool (PDF 506KB)

  102. Riverina Regional Development Board (PDF 579KB)

  103. Swan Hill Rural City Council (PDF 366KB)

  104. Golden Plains Shire (PDF 919KB)

  105. ACC - Gold Coast & Region (PDF 382KB)

  106. Pilbara Regional Council (PDF 1204KB)

  107. ACC - Hunter (PDF 365KB)

  108. Great Southern Development Commission (PDF 222KB)

  109. Tulgeen Disability Services (PDF 263KB)

  110. Kempsey Shire Council (PDF 280KB)

  111. Whyalla Economic Development Board (PDF 515KB)

  112. Lotterywest (Grants & Community Development) (PDF 463KB)

  113. Geelong Football Umpires' League Inc (PDF 250KB)

  114. Central Western Queensland Remote Area Planning & Development Board (PDF 331KB)
    Attachment A to Submission 111:
    Central Western Queensland Remote Area Planning & Development Board (PDF 945KB)

  115. Northern Inland Regional Development (PDF 367KB)

  116. City of Wagga Wagga (PDF 323KB)

  117. National & State 2020 Delegate Regional, Rural & Remote Stream (PDF 265KB)
    Attachment A to Submission 114:
    National & State 2020 Delegate Regional, Rural & Remote Stream (PDF 220KB)

  118. Somerset Regional Council (PDF 250KB)

  119. The Jaycees Community Foundation Inc (PDF 812KB)

  120. Wheatbelt East Regional Organisation of Councils (PDF 424KB)

  121. ACC - Adelaide Metropolitan (PDF 420KB)
    Attachment A to Submission 118:
    ACC - Adelaide Metropolitan (PDF 359KB)

  122. ACC - Northern Territory (PDF 231KB)

  123. ACC - Kimberley (PDF 294KB)

  124. South West Group (PDF 233KB)

  125. Heart Foundation (PDF 303KB)

  126. Shellharbour City Council (PDF 237KB)

  127. Far Western Regional Development Board (PDF 254KB)

  128. Wingecarribee Shire Council (PDF 277KB)

  129. ACC - Sunraysia (PDF 478KB)

  130. City of Ballarat (PDF 1012KB)

  131. East Grampians Health Service (PDF 257KB)

  132. Tumbarumba Shire Council (PDF 1100KB)

  133. Hidden Treasures of the Great Southern (PDF 239KB)

  134. Bass Coast Shire Council (PDF 275KB)

  135. Mackay Regional Council (PDF 223KB)

  136. G21 (PDF 262KB)

  137. ACC - Mid North Coast (NSW) (PDF 339KB)

  138. Riverina Eastern Regional Organisation of Councils (PDF 398KB)

  139. PERFEX Working Group (PDF 252KB)

  140. Economic Development Australia (PDF 374KB)

  141. ACC - Outback NSW (PDF 1644KB)

  142. Central NSW Councils (PDF 288KB)

  143. Department of Resources Energy & Tourism (PDF 1933KB)

  144. ACC - South East Development (Melbourne) (PDF 327KB)

  145. Northern Rivers Regional Development (PDF 431KB)

  146. Hills Community Toy Library (PDF 228KB)

  147. Cardinia Shire Council (PDF 256KB)

  148. ACC - Central Murray (PDF 2459KB)

  149. Wheatbelt Development Commission (PDF 243KB)

  150. ACC - Gippsland (PDF 490KB)

  151. ACC - Greater Brisbane (PDF 973KB)
    Attachment A to Submission 148:
    ACC - Greater Brisbane (PDF 255KB)

  152. Attachment B to Submission 148:
    ACC - Greater Brisbane (PDF 231KB)

    Attachment C to Submission 148:
    ACC - Greater Brisbane (PDF 277KB)

  153. Latrobe City Council (PDF 252KB)

  154. Shoalhaven City Council (PDF 344KB)

  155. Regional Development South Australia (PDF 826KB)

  156. City of Bunbury (PDF 1221KB)

  157. Namoi Regional Organisation of Councils (PDF 250KB)

  158. ACC - (SA) South Central (PDF 262KB)

  159. Caloundra City Enterprises (PDF 494KB)
    Attachment A to Submission 155:
    Caloundra City Enterprises (PDF 491KB)
  160. Australian Local Government Association (PDF 1697KB)

  161. Supplementary to Submission 156:
    Australian Local Government Association (PDF 231KB)

  162. Western Australian Local Government Association (PDF 295KB)

  163. Fortescue Metals Group Limited (PDF 278KB)

  164. Charles Darwin University (PDF 250KB)
    Attachment A to Submission 159:
    Charles Darwin University (PDF 224KB)

  165. City of Mandurah (PDF 333KB)

  166. Southern Flinders Ranges Development Board (PDF 286KB)

  167. Southern Inland Queensland ACC (PDF 355KB)

  168. Wyalkatchem District High School (WDHS) (PDF 233KB)

  169. Temora Shire Council (PDF 275KB)

  170. Southern Cross University (PDF 462KB)

  171. Bunnaloo Recreation Reserve (PDF 359KB)

  172. Ms Kylie Whitehead (PDF 243KB)

  173. The Alice Springs Steiner School Association (PDF 240KB)

  174. Mr Allan Gibson FCPA (PDF 217KB)

  175. ACC - Ipswich & Regional (PDF 271KB)
    Attachment A to Submission 170:
    ACC - Ipswich & Regional (PDF 7803KB)

  176. The Geelong Chamber of Commerce (PDF 232KB)

  177. Finding Workable Solutions Inc. (PDF 320KB)

  178. Shire of Lake Grace (PDF 233KB)

  179. Mr Colin Grey OAM (PDF 231KB)

  180. Central Coast Aboriginal Men's Group (PDF 251KB)

  181. KESAB environmental solutions (PDF 257KB)

  182. Economic Development Australia - WA (PDF 3801KB)

  183. Murray Bridge Uniting Church Property Development Team (PDF 242KB)

  184. Whitsunday Regional Council (PDF 233KB)

  185. Brimbank City Council (PDF 310KB)

  186. ACC - Grow Sydney (PDF 446KB)

  187. Wamboin Volunteer Rural Fire Brigade (PDF 261KB)

  188. Area Consultative Committee Tasmania (PDF 520KB)

  189. Shire of Trayning (PDF 239KB)

  190. Limestone Coast Regional Development Board (PDF 2090KB)

  191. ACC - Limestone Coast (PDF 731KB)

  192. Geelong Cultural Precinct Leadership Group (PDF 685KB)

  193. ACC - Albury Wodonga (PDF 418KB)

  194. Macarthur Regional Organisation of Councils (PDF 232KB)

  195. Gold Coast City Council (PDF 1128KB)

  196. Local Government Association of N.T (PDF 273KB)

  197. Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre (PDF 249KB)

  198. South Eastern Region NSW (PDF 225KB)

  199. Wheatbelt ACC Inc (PDF 306KB)

  200. Local Government Association of SA (PDF 281KB)

  201. ACC - Orana (PDF 238KB)

  202. Conargo Shire Council (PDF 364KB)

  203. Mackay Region ACC Inc (PDF 599KB)

  204. Royal Flying Doctors Service of Australia (PDF 253KB)

  205. ACC - Northern Rivers (NSW) (PDF 5631KB)

  206. Yorke Regional Development Board (PDF 284KB)

  207. ACC - Wide Bay Burnett (PDF 1122KB)

  208. SELGA (PDF 1524KB)

  209. ACC - Greater Green Triangle (PDF 540KB)

  210. Manly Life Saving Club Inc (PDF 2030KB)

  211. Ararat AP Branch (PDF 239KB)

  212. South East Australian Transport Strategy Inc (PDF 823KB)

  213. Lockyer Valley Regional Council (PDF 253KB)

  214. Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup (PDF 248KB)

  215. Regional Cities Victoria (PDF 5110KB)

  216. Interface Councils (PDF 336KB)

  217. City of Ipswich (PDF 492KB)

  218. Western Sub ROC (PDF 281KB)

  219. The Cockatoo Network (PDF 289KB)

  220. City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder (PDF 451KB)

  221. Mildura Rural City Council (PDF 1767KB)

  222. Willoughby City Council (PDF 1004KB)

  223. Singleton Council (PDF 352KB)

  224. Minister for Tourism, Regional Development and Industry, Queensland Government (PDF 338KB)

  225. Foodbank WA Inc (PDF 318KB)

  226. Wyndarra Centre Inc. (PDF 352KB)

  227. WALGA (PDF 769KB)

  228. Local Government Association of Queensland (PDF 284KB)

  229. BHP Billiton Iron Ore (PDF 305KB)

  230. WA Department of Local Government & Regional Development (PDF 244KB)

  231. WA Department of Agriculture & Food (PDF 223KB)

  232. Dr Frank Hurley (PDF 223KB)

  233. ACT Sports House (PDF 286KB)

  234. Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (PDF 292KB)

  235. Ryde Hunters Hill District Hockey Club Incorporated (PDF 287KB)

  236. District Council of Peterborough (PDF 347KB)

  237. Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development & Local Government (PDF 9193KB)

  238. Department of Health & Ageing (PDF 526KB)

  239. Cardinia Shire Council (PDF 650KB)

  240. Peel Development Commission (PDF 710KB)

  241. Great Southern Development Commission (PDF 414KB)

  242. Acting Minister for Regional Development, NSW Government (PDF 628KB)

  243. ACC - Riverina (PDF 292KB)

  244. National Sea Change Taskforce (PDF 398KB)

  245. ACC - North Queensland (PDF 1302KB)

  246. Tiwi Land Council (PDF 499KB)

  247. City of Joondalup (PDF 642KB)

  248. ACC - Capital Region (PDF 472KB)

    Supplementary to Submission 243:
    ACC - Capital Region (PDF 629KB)

  249. Supplementary to Submission 243:
    ACC - Capital Region (PDF 1,188KB)

  250. The Hon Jacinta Allan MP (PDF 317KB)

  251. Hockey Australia Inc (PDF 426KB)

  252. Goldfields-Esperance Development Commission (PDF 338KB)

  253. City of Whittlesa (PDF 848KB)

  254. ACC - Moreton Bay Coast & Country (PDF 509KB)

  255. Townsville City Council (PDF 239KB)

  256. Minister for Community Development (PDF 341KB)

  257. Cooma-Monaro Shire Council (PDF 308KB)

  258. Municipal Association of Victoria (PDF 313KB)

  259. Committee for Geelong (PDF 2164KB)

  260. School of Geography, Population & Environmental Management (PDF 246KB)
    Attachment A to Submission 254:
    School of Geography, Population & Environmental Management (PDF 297KB)

    Attachment B to Submission 254:
    School of Geography, Population & Environmental Management (PDF 740KB)

  261. Hobsons Bay City Council (PDF 587KB)

  262. Northern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (PDF 292KB)

  263. ACC - Melbourne North & East (PDF 347KB)

  264. WA Department of Sport & Recreation (PDF 313KB)

  265. Greater Western Sydney Economic Development Board (PDF 335KB)

  266. Cycling Promotion Fund (PDF 2936KB)
  267. Northern Regional Development Board (PDF 235KB)
  268. The District Council of Ceduna (PDF 252KB)
  269. Hobart City Council (PDF 603KB)
  270. National & State 2020 Delegate Regional, Rural & Remote Stream (PDF 1,076KB)
  271. Australian Land Management Group (PDF 323KB)
  272. Parks and Leisure Australia (PDF 444KB)

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