Open now · Demand Driven · GO8512
The purpose of this grant opportunity is to provide $12.033 million in 2026-27 in one-off funding to eligible registered providers to pay eligible registered and enrolled nurses working in aged care to take their leave entitlements at the increased wage rates effective from 1 August 2026 as a result of the FWC decision under the ACWVC only. This grant opportunity will only cover: • 1 August 2026 wage increases for eligible registered and enrolled nurses working in aged care. This grant opportunity recognises that accumulated leave liabilities for eligible registered and enrolled nurses working in aged care will have increased as a result of the FWC ACWVC decision that applied from 1 August 2026, and the associated cost to registered providers of aged care when these nurses take this leave will have increased. Eligible registered providers include those that provide one or more of the following Commonwealth funded aged care programs: • Residential Aged Care, • Support at Home Program, • Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP), • Transition Care Program, and / or • National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program (NATSIFACP). To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.
| Item | Estimate | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Drafting effort | 3–4 weeks | single submission |
| Time to first payment | 6–9 months | cut-off → evaluation → grant agreement |
These are Bemzu's estimates from the call's structure (the number of stages and whether a consortium is required) not figures published by the Commission. Only the co-financing share is read from the call itself.
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