FOI 2160 – Community Sport Infrastructure Grants Program

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The Community Sport Infrastructure Grants program received 2,046 applications requesting $394 million, with 1,943 projects eligible under guidelines. Internal Department of Health analysis shows that with the initial $29.7 million budget allocation, 114 projects worth $21 million could be funded, while $100 million would enable funding for 223 projects worth $46.5 million. The documents reveal explicit consideration of political geography: analysis breaks down projects by marginal and target seats, with notations that ministerial office prioritized these constituencies when culling applications scoring 60 or below. At $100 million funding, 482 marginal seat and 223 target seat projects would be considered. The department developed two funding scenarios based on the minister's October letter to the Prime Minister requesting increased appropriation, demonstrating the gap between available budget and the stated priority funding needs.