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Australian Government funding, grants assistance and projects

Funding and grants assistance

The main national funding programmes of the Australian Government for weed projects, or projects that include weed management activities, are:

• Defeating the Weed Menace programme
• The Natural Heritage Trust , and the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality  (NAP), which includes national, regional and local funding (Envirofund )

Overviews of many grant programmes can be found at:

• Weed funding opportunities : information on a range of funding programmes available for weed management across Australia
• GrantsLink : outlines the types of grants the Australian Government provides. Assistance can also be found through the Commonwealth Regional Information service (1800 026 222).
• Guide to community grants : which provides links to sources of financial assistance to community groups from funding organisations including the Australian Government.
• Landcare Australia funding 
• Landcare Australia: Australian Government funding summary 
• Regional funding 

You may wish to contact your state and territory weed control agencies for information on state and territory level noxious weed funding programmes.

Projects

Information on weed projects funded by the Australian Government can be found at:

• Defeating the Weed Menace programme projects
• Natural Heritage Trust projects investments and funding 
• National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality 
• Natural Resource Management mosaic map of funded projects 

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