Round 3 grant applications are now open.
You can submit an application and access grant materials for the program on GrantConnect. The grant materials include the program's Grant Opportunity Guidelines, Question and Answer documents, and other important guidance information.
The Australian Government is providing $73.76 million (GST exclusive) in grant funding over four years from 2023–24 to 2026–27.
The funding supports the establishment of new long-rotation softwood and hardwood plantation forests in Australia and assists the sector in responding to the projected growth in demand for domestically sourced timber resources.
The objectives of the program are to:
- increase future plantation forest resources available for processing, as well as for plantation forest management, harvesting and haulage employment
- support private industry, First Nations businesses, farm foresters and state and territory government forestry bodies to expand the Australian plantation forest estate
- contribute to meeting Australia’s carbon emission reduction targets, including under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Kyoto Protocol to the Climate Change Convention.
Funding of $2,000 (GST exclusive) per hectare of new long-rotation plantation forest established will be provided to successful grantees.
- The minimum grant amount is $40,000 (GST exclusive).
- There is no maximum grant amount, provided grant funding is available.
The grants require applicants to provide a co-contribution at least equal to the grant amount and are open to private industry, First Nations businesses, farm foresters and state and territory government forestry bodies.
Further details about the Support Plantation Establishment program are outlined in the Round 3 Grant Opportunity Guidelines, available on GrantConnect
Applications
Grant applications for Round 1 opened on 21 June 2023 and closed on 24 January 2024.
Grant applications for Round 2 opened on 9 February 2024 and closed on 27 June 2024.
Grant applications for Round 3 opened on 11 October 2024 and will close on 5 November 2025. Round 3 is made up of 6 batches.
- Batch 1 will be open from 11 October 2024 to 13 November 2024.
- Batch 2 will be open from 13 November 2024 to 11 February 2025.
- Batch 3 will be open from 11 February 2025 to 8 May 2025.
- Batch 4 will be open from 8 May 2025 to 17 July 2025.
- Batch 5 will be open from 17 July 2025 to 24 September 2025.
- Batch 6 will be open from 24 September 2025 to 5 November 2025.
Successful applicants to date
To date, $15.72 million (GST exclusive) has been awarded to 27 projects. Funding of $58.04 million (GST exclusive) remains available for Round 3.
| Round Funded | Funding Recipient | Project details | Funding (GST Exclusive) | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Plantation Pine Products Australia Pty Ltd | Softwood 308 hectares | $616,000.00 | NSW |
| Round 1 | Tamplin Family Trust | Hardwood 86 hectares | $172,000.00 | NSW |
| Round 1 | Tasmanian Carbon Afforestation Sub-Trust | Hardwood 60 hectares | $120,000.00 | TAS |
| Round 1 | Napier Family Trust | Softwood 84 hectares | $168,000.00 | TAS |
| Round 1 | Plantation Pine Products Australia Pty Ltd | Softwood 935 hectares | $1,870,000.00 | NSW |
| Round 1 | A.C Fisher & S.J Fisher | Softwood 86 hectares | $172,000.00 | TAS |
| Round 1 | A Biskaps & S.J Biskaps | Hardwood 46 hectares | $92,000.00 | QLD |
| Round 1 | F Hildebrand & L.M Holt | Hardwood 22.5 hectares | $44,820.00 | VIC |
| Round 1 | Plantation Pine Products Australia Pty Ltd | Softwood 606 hectares | $1,212,000.00 | NSW |
| Round 1 | J & S Thompson | Softwood 402 hectares | $804,000.00 | NSW |
| Round 1 | Wespine Industries Pty Ltd | Softwood 31.9 hectares | $63,800.00 | WA |
| Round 1 | H.H Mackinnon & H.H Mackinnon & R.A Mackinnon | Softwood 72.8 hectares | $145,600.00 | VIC |
| Round 1 | Sapphire Forests Pty Ltd | Hardwood 61.8 hectares | $123,600.00 | NSW |
| Round 1 | Salmon Marketing Trust | Softwood 401 hectares | $802,000.00 | TAS |
| Round 1 | Stephen Creese Family Trust No.2 | Softwood 50 hectares | $94,850.00 | TAS |
| Round 1 | Morgan Sawmill Jamestown Pty Ltd | Softwood 455.87 hectares | $911,740.00 | SA |
| Round 1 | Forestry Corporation of New South Wales | Softwood 465 hectares | $930,000.00 | NSW |
| Round 1 | Forestry Corporation of New South Wales | Softwood 660 hectares | $1,320,000.00 | NSW |
| Round 1 | Miles, Robert William | Softwood 204 hectares | $408,000.00 | NSW |
| Round 2 | Forestry Investment Trust | Softwood 241.1 hectares | $66,371.00 | WA |
| Round 2 | Tasmanian Carbon Afforestation Sub-Trust | Softwood 154 hectares | $211,765.00 | TAS |
| Round 2 | G 5 Forestry Pty Ltd | Softwood 650 hectares | $1,300,000.00 | NSW |
| Round 2 | Mitsui Bussan Woodchip Oceania Pty. Ltd. | Softwood 260.5 hectares | $258,698.58 | WA |
| Round 2 | SFA Nature Based Solutions Unit Trust | Softwood 89 hectares | $178,000.00 | VIC |
| Round 2 | Plantation Pine Products Australia Pty Ltd | Softwood 1671 hectares | $3,342,000.00 | NSW, VIC |
| Round 2 | Forestry Corporation of New South Wales | Softwood 116 hectares | $208,800.00 | NSW |
| Round 2 | Forestry Corporation of New South Wales | Softwood 40.38 hectares | $81,160.00 | NSW |