The Peri-Urban Mobile Program (PUMP) delivers funding to improve mobile connectivity in bushfire prone areas on the peri-urban fringe of Australia's major cities.
Why we want your input
We want to make sure that industry, the community and state and territory governments have an opportunity to have their say on the draft grant opportunity guidelines for Round 2 before they are finalised and the round is opened for applications.How you can voice your opinion
You can provide feedback on the draft grant opportunity guidelines by making a submission by 5pm, 16 August 2023.What will be the outcome of this consultation?
Your submissions will help us to finalise the grant opportunity guidelines for the Peri-Urban Mobile Program Round 2.The Issue
We are seeking feedback on the draft grant opportunity guidelines (the draft Guidelines) for the PUMP Round 2. Further information is available on the PUMP webpage, including the Round 2 PUMP Project Noticeboard.
The draft Guidelines outline the eligibility criteria for participants and activities under PUMP Round 2, the peri-urban boundary for the eligible locations, the proposed assessment criteria, and the process for prospective applications.
We welcome your feedback on the draft Guidelines, the draft Assessment Tool (which is an attachment to the Application Pack) and peri-urban boundary for the eligible locations to ensure they meet the Program's objectives.
Submissions close at 5pm 16 August 2023.
Relevant documentation
- Peri-Urban Mobile Program—Grant Opportunity Guidelines
- Peri-Urban Mobile Program—Grant Opportunity Guidelines - Attachment X – draft Assessment Tool
- Updated definition of peri-urban fringe definition
Updated maps
The updated maps for the peri-urban fringe are available on the National Maps website.
Participate
We invite you to to tell us your views on this topic.
Please include:
- contact name
- organisation name, if applicable
- contact details, including telephone number, postal and email addresses
- confirmation whether or not your submission can be made public—published—or kept confidential.
All submissions to be made public need to meet the Digital Service Standard for accessibility. Any submission that does not meet this standard may be modified before being made public.
If your submission is to be made public, please ensure you do not include any personal information that you don't want to be published.
If your submission is confidential, please ensure each page of the submission is marked as confidential.
Please click on the 'Have your say now' button below to upload your submission.
Alternatively please email your completed template submission to PUMP@infrastructure.gov.au.