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conditions that attached to the grant prevent (or have the effect of preventing) the recipient making public comment on any issue; if so, how was the recipient prevented from making public comment and (g) how much was the grant.
(6) Does the Government report or disclose publicly the recipients of grants and the conditions that attach to those grants.
Mr Barr: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
The table below contains data on the Capital of Equality LGBTIQ+ Grants Program, an “administered” program within my portfolio. Further information on the purpose, criteria, policies and guidelines applied to the program is available in ACT Budget papers, since 2018-19, and www.act.gov.au/lgbtiq.
There are no conditions attached to funding deeds which prevent grant recipients from making public comment. Information on the 2021-22 round is not available as the round is currently open.
|
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 | |
|
Budget |
$100,000 |
$100,000 |
$100,000 |
|
Amount expensed |
$100,000 |
$100,000 |
$99,950 |
|
Number of applications received |
32 |
18 |
31 |
|
Number of applications approved |
10 |
10 |
10 |
Government—act of grace payments
(Question No 678)
Mrs Jones asked the Treasurer, upon notice, on 25 March 2022 (redirected to the Chief Minister):
Further to the answer to question on notice No 520, in 2020-21 (a) how many applications for Act of Grace payments were received, (b) how many applications for Act of Grace payments were agreed and (c) what was the total amount agreed to be paid as an Act of Grace payment, by (i) the Treasurer, (ii) E900, Director-General, Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate (CMTEDD), (iii) E916, Under Treasurer, CMTEDD, (iv) E1014, Deputy Under Treasurer, Economic, Budget and Industrial Relations, CMTEDD, (v) E391, Executive Group Manager, Finance and Budget Group, CMTEDD and (iv) E529, Executive Group Manager, Revenue Management Group, CMTEDD.
Mr Barr: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
Section 130 of the Financial Management Act 1996 allows the Treasurer to authorise act of grace payments and requires authorised payments to be reported in notes to the financial statements of the Directorate or Territory Authority who made the payment.
Total act of grace payments and their value can be found in the relevant financial statements of each Directorate or Territory Authority (other expenses or act of grace note) and in the 2020-21 Consolidated Annual Financial Statements at
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