New Safety Rebate Scheme
The Victorian Government has announced the Safety - Hazardous Areas and Dangerous Goods Rebate has now opened. This program will provide a rebate of up to $50,000 for expenditure on eligible safety infrastructure improvements to your distillery.
Key features of this program include:
For small distilleries (under 10,000 LAL in 22/23) you must co-contribute 20% of total expenditure.
For large distilleries (over 10,000 LAL in 22/23) you must co-contribute 30% of total expenditure.
You must have either a Hazardous Area Assessment, Dangerous Goods Audit, OHS Essentials Program relating to hazardous areas and dangerous goods, or assessment by a Worksafe dangerous goods inspector to determine eligible equipment and infrastructure. The costs of getting this assessment are eligible for the rebate. As noted in recent newsletters, the OHS Essentials Program is free to those registered for workcover, and they now have assessors with a distillery capability.
Eligible expenditure incurred from 1 April 2023 until 30 September 2024 can be claimed.
Access to the Rebate, including program guidelines is available via this link:
https://business.vic.gov.au/grants-and-programs/distillery-support-hazardous-areas-and-dangerous-goods-rebate