Timber Supply Chain Resilience Package – Australia

Businesses may only be eligible if they process native hardwood sourced from Victorian state forests to manufacture products such as (but not limited to) flooring, stairs, furniture, doors, windows, architectural features or pallets.

Funding Streams

• Impacted Manufacturers Stream
  • The Impacted Manufacturers Stream provides grants directly to manufacturers that are moderately impacted by the end of native timber harvesting.
  • Grant amount
    • Grant funding of $3,000 per business is available for eligible activities.
    • Grant funding will be provided to the eligible business in 2 payments:
      • Payment One: $2,000 if assessed as eligible following application and the nomination of a Qualified Service Provider
      • Payment Two: $1,000 on completion of the service activity on submission of evidence of full payment to the Qualified Service Provider.
  • Eligibility Criteria
    • To be eligible for support through the Impacted Manufacturers Stream, the business must:
      • derive between 5% and 40% of the business’s material inputs (measured by cost) for manufacturing processes from native hardwood from Victorian state forests. This figure must be for the financial year either 2021-22 or 2022-23.
      • be a legally structured business with an active Australian Business Number (ABN) and have held that ABN on and from 1 July 2021
      • be an employing business located in Victoria that is registered with WorkSafe Victoria, and
      • be a business in the manufacturing industry classified under one of the following Australia and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classifications (ANZSIC) codes as of 23 May 2023:
        • 1413 Timber Resawing and Dressing
        • 1492 Wooden Structural Fitting and Component Manufacturing
        • 1499 Other Wood Product Manufacturing n.e.c.
        • 2511 Wooden Furniture and Upholstered Seat Manufacturing.
• Highly Impacted Manufacturers Stream
  • The Highly Impacted Manufacturers Stream provides vouchers to access advice and services from a service provider appointed by the Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions (DJSIR).
  • Voucher and grant amount
    • Business support services of up to $25,000 in value.
    • DJSIR will engage a provider to support successful applicants through a structured process:
      • Stage 1 – Preliminary Business Diagnostic and Future Opportunities Assessment – provides a financial health check and an assessment of the impacted business’s potential to transition away from their reliance on native Victorian hardwood timber as a manufacturing input. A project scope to deliver a full Business Transition Plan (Stage 2) will be developed if needed.
      • Stage 2 – Business Transition Plan – development of a full transition plan including some or all of the following elements (non-exhaustive): specialist financial and accounting planning (including taxation), legal considerations, general business planning, marketing planning and/or business sale or closure advice.
    • Eligible voucher recipients will then be invited to apply for a grant of up to $120,000 to implement their Business Transition Plan.
  • Eligibility Criteria
    • To be eligible for support through the Highly Impacted Manufacturers Stream, the business must:
      • be highly impacted by the end of native timber harvesting in Victoria, with:
        • at least 40% of the business’s material inputs (measured by cost) used in the manufacturing process are derived from native hardwood sourced from Victorian state forests. This figure must be for the financial year either 2021-22 or 2022-23 OR
        • at least 40% of the business’ revenue is derived from sales of products made with native Victorian hardwood.
        • be a legally structured business with an active Australian Business Number (ABN) and have held that ABN on and from 1 July 2021
        • be an employing business located in Victoria that is registered with WorkSafe Victoria
        • be a business in the manufacturing industry classified under one of the following Australia and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classifications (ANZSIC) codes as of 23 May 2023, unless otherwise agreed by DJSIR:
          • 1413 Timber Resawing and Dressing
          • 1492 Wooden Structural Fitting and Component Manufacturing
          • 1499 Other Wood Product Manufacturing n.e.c.
          • 2511 Wooden Furniture and Upholstered Seat Manufacturing.

For more information, visit State Government of Victoria.