Commonwealth Grants Rules and Principles 2024 (Cth)

Commonwealth Grants Rules and Principles 2024

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Foreword The Australian Government grants policy framework provides transparency, accountability and flexibility in grants administration to achieve government policy outcomes and ensure equitable access of grants to and for the benefit of the Australian public. Since its introduction, the grants policy framework has continually evolved to improve consistency and standards of grants administration as well as to support government in responding quickly to emerging events, ongoing community needs and legislative and policy changes. The Commonwealth Grants Rules and Principles 2024 is largely principles-based but contains some important mandatory requirements around developing grant opportunity guidelines, briefing ministers, recording decisions, publishing and reporting. The principles-based approach enables mandatory requirements and expected behaviours to be articulated while allowing entities the flexibility to tailor processes to the circumstances of each grant to maximise policy outcomes. The key changes from the Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines 2017 to the Commonwealth Grants Rules and Principles 2024 reflect the Government's commitment and the need for continual improvement to integrity, transparency and accountability in grants administration. In that context, I am pleased to make the Commonwealth Grants Rules and Principles 2024 under subsection 105C(1) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. The Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines 2017 (F2017L01097) are repealed, and this instrument takes effect, on 1 October 2024.