Guidelines and selection criteria applicable to Green Army 'election commitment' projects
Dear Department of the Environment,
The Green Army Round 1, guidelines state:
The Australian Government has committed 150 Projects identified during the 2013 Federal election campaign. If your Project was a 2013 election commitment you will be contacted separately.
https://www.environment.gov.au/system/fi...
Can you please provide a copy of the applicable guidelines and selection criteria for the 'election commitment' projects.
Section 4.4 of the Commonwealth Grant Rules and Guidelines state that officials must develop grant guidelines for all new granting activities. The published guidelines for Green Army exclude application to 'election commitment' projects, presumably in lieu of a different set of applicable guidelines. Please produce the set of guidelines for Green Army 'election commitment' projects, as required under the Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines.
As this should be no more than one document, I do not expect any fees to be applicable to this request.
Yours faithfully,
Revelly Robinson
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Good morning Revelly
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