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Grant round GO7976

Awards in this round describe their activity in more than one way. The most common:

$75m whole-of-term value of 185 awards to 185 named recipients, published 2025-12-08 to 2026-04-14

$28m falls in 2026-27, from 185 active awards. estimate: annualised

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By agency

Granting agencyAwardsTotal value
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts 185 $75m

Recipients, largest first

$536k went to recipients who are individuals, or to awards that name no single recipient. It is counted above but not listed, here or in the CSV. Why The bulk download has every award, with individuals flagged.

RecipientAwardsTotal value
FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED1$8.2m
NINE ENTERTAINMENT CO PTY LTD1$8.0m
SEVEN NETWORK (OPERATIONS) LIMITED1$5.6m
WEST AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPERS LIMITED1$4.1m
SA TODAY PTY LTD1$2.7m
REGIONAL PUBLISHERS (WESTERN VICTORIA) PTY LIMITED1$2.3m
MCPHERSON NEWSPAPERS PROPRIETARY LIMITED1$1.8m
THE TRUSTEE FOR IAN THOMAS FAMILY TRUST1$1.7m
WIN TELEVISION NETWORK PTY LTD1$1.7m
PRIME TELEVISION (SOUTHERN) PTY LIMITED1$1.7m
ACM - REGIONAL MEDIA (TASMANIA) PTY LTD1$1.2m
THE FEDERAL CAPITAL PRESS OF AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED1$1.1m
REGION GROUP PTY LTD1$1.1m
NEWCASTLE NEWSPAPERS PTY LTD1$1.1m
THE CONVERSATION MEDIA GROUP LIMITED1$1.0m
AUSTRALIAN RADIO NETWORK PTY LIMITED1$978k
SEI (VIC) PTY LTD1$819k
PRIVATE MEDIA OPERATIONS PTY LTD1$737k
CAPITAL BRIEF PTY LTD1$686k
SURF COAST NEWS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD1$686k
NORTH EAST MEDIA PTY LTD1$671k
CHINESE HERALD AUSTRALIA PTY LTD1$601k
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PRESS PTY LTD1$592k
REGIONAL MEDIA CORP PTY LTD1$579k
THE DAILY AUS HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED1$549k
ACE RADIO BROADCASTERS PTY LIMITED1$540k
SOLSTICE MEDIA PTY LTD1$529k
ILLAWARRA NEWSPAPERS HOLDINGS PTY LTD1$523k
BUSINESS NEWS PTY LTD1$489k
ETHNIC PUBLICATIONS PTY LTD1$386k
THE TRUSTEE FOR AUSTRALIAN CHINESE MEDIA (NSW) UNIT TRUST1$386k
MAN OF MANY PTY LTD1$369k
CENTRAL QUEENSLAND MEDIA PTY LTD1$346k
KORE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY RESEARCH PTY LTD1$343k
SOUTH BURNETT TODAY PTY LTD1$335k
AUSTRALIAN EPOCH TIMES LTD1$328k
THE TRUSTEE FOR GREEK BROADCASTERS (AUST) TRUST1$313k
POST NEWSPAPERS PTY LTD1$311k
THE TRUSTEE FOR THE REGIONAL MEDIA UNIT TRUST1$311k
COLLECTIVE MEDIA PTY LTD1$309k
CORE PUBLISHING AND EVENTS PTY LTD1$300k
IPSWICH MEDIA PTY LTD1$300k
THE SATURDAY PAPER PTY LTD1$300k
F TEARE MARSTON PROPRIETARY LIMITED1$298k
THE TRUSTEE FOR GREENSTONE MEDIA TRUST1$296k
LEADER NEWSPAPERS PTY LTD1$292k
CHINESE HERALD PTY LTD1$279k
RIVERINA MEDIA GROUP PTY LTD1$277k
MAMAMIACOMAU PTY LTD1$268k
GJ ADAMS TRUST1$266k

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