Briefs Prepared By Governance And Grants Division For 2025-26 Supplementary Budget Estimates

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This advice brief to the Finance Minister addresses implementation of the new Commonwealth Grants Rules and Principles (CGRPs) introduced October 2024, which replaced the 2017 framework. In 2024-25, 476 grant opportunities were published on GrantConnect with 71,066 grants awarded totalling $20.49 billion (excluding variations). Key changes include: mandatory publication of election commitment and one-off ad hoc grant guidelines on GrantConnect, removing previous publishing exemptions to improve transparency; expanded ministerial reporting requirements now requiring quarterly (rather than annual) tabling of decisions to approve grants in a minister's own electorate or where officials recommended rejection; and Finance's expanded support role, with training attendance increasing from 2,693 participants (37 entities) in 2023-24 to over 6,400 (50+ entities) in 2024-25. The brief emphasises that accountable authorities and