Successful applicants—News Innovation Fund

Updated 3 November 2026

  Applicant Name

Grant Funding Amount*

1 About Time Media Ltd

$362,000.00

2 Adelphi Printing Pty Ltd

$57,550.00

3 Altmedia Pty. Ltd.

$21,000.00

4 Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (Aboriginal Corporation)

$975,800.00

5 CNA Multicultural Services Incorporated

$442,712.00

6 Community Broadcast Network Pty Limited

$383,000.00

7 Community Broadcasting Association of Australia Limited

$3,021,829.00

8 Compton Media Group Pty. Ltd.

$97,820.00

9 Country Press Australia

$2,259,840.00

10 Deaf Services Limited

$1,394,805.00

11 Deannation Pty Ltd

$128,000.00

12 Disability Media Australia Co-Operative Limited

$672,033.00

13 Drew, Rodney Scott

$99,842.00

14 Echo Media Group Pty Ltd

$63,500.00

15 Educational Broadcasters Adelaide Incorporated

$1,100,000.00

16 Independent Multicultural Media Australia Ltd

$865,000.00

17 Indigenous Community Television Limited

$697,469.00

18 J.D Ellis & M.C Ellis & Y P Country Times Pty Ltd

$375,750.00

19 James Yeates And Sons Proprietary Limited

$1,405,500.00

20 Kelleway Whelan Holdings Pty Ltd

$155,000.00

21 Kore Communication Strategy Research Pty Ltd

$2,084,780.00

22 Lachlander Investments Pty Ltd

$183,734.00

23 Le Courrier Australien Pty Ltd

$293,200.00

24 Lhi Management Services Pty Ltd

$62,000.00

25 Murray Bridge News Pty Ltd

$254,044.00

26 Mycity Media Pty Ltd

$434,834.00

27 National Indigenous Times News Pty Ltd

$2,261,786.00

28 Newstime Media Pty Ltd

$682,241.00

29 Ngaarda Media Aboriginal Corporation

$979,000.00

30 North And West Melbourne Neighbourhood Centre Inc.

$187,384.00

31 North East Media Pty Ltd

$378,322.00

32 Out Publications Pty Ltd

$56,160.00

33 Post Newspapers Pty Ltd

$613,000.00

34 Riverine Grazier Pty Ltd

$361,900.00

35 Robson, Lee Scott

$50,000.00

36 Star News Group Pty Ltd

$1,713,764.00

37 Sunshine Coast Broadcasters Pty Ltd

$395,000.00

38 Surf Coast News Australia Pty Ltd

$1,482,367.00

39 Sydney Times Media Pty. Ltd.

$24,000.00

40 Tablelands Community Media Inc

$12,150.00

41 Tarrangower Times Pty Ltd

$40,000.00

42 Taruva, Harry

$275,000.00

43 Tasmanian Living

$24,500.00

44 The Conversation Media Group Limited

$891,000.00

45 The North Coast Post Pty Ltd

$128,900.00

46 The Publishing Media Company Pty Ltd

$424,209.00

47 The Word Bureau Pty Ltd

$81,710.00

48 Vct Multimedia Pty. Ltd.

$100,000.00

49 Victorian Aboriginal News Pty Ltd

$118,000.00

50 Vietnews Weekly Pty Ltd

$200,000.00

51 Walkley Foundation Limited

$800,000.00

52 Western Sydney Publishing Group Pty Ltd

$1,045,000.00

53 Wimmera Mallee News Pty Ltd

$195,453.00

54 Word & Pixel Perfection Pty Ltd

$88,112.00

*Subject to the negotiation of individual grant agreements