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Thriving Suburbs Program—Program Guidelines (revised 26 August 2024)

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Thriving Suburbs Program Guidelines (revised 26 August 2024) – amendments to program closing date and time. 

Thriving Suburbs Program Guidelines (revised 16 August 2024) – amendments to update to section 1 to correct location of glossary; addition of a hyperlink to the National Urban Policy in section 2; amendment to wording relating to pre-construction activities in Appendix D; and clarification of First Nations Community Controlled Organisations.

Thriving Suburbs Program Guidelines (revised 13 August 2024) -  amendments to clarify program processes by: amending section 1.1, section 10, section 11 and section 12 to define steps for successful applicants to enter funding agreements with relevant state or territory jurisdictions; amending section 7.1 advising that documents held in cloud storage applications or on applicant private servers will not be accepted; updating section 8.1 to define the process of assessing eligible funding activities and expenditure; updating section 14 to include probity provisions for the multi-party Parliamentary panel; and updating section 15 to define Program Delegate