Payments for eligible VIC sawmills
Sawmill Voluntary Transition Package VIC
Closing date: Sunday 30 June 2024 Sun 30 Jun 2024
What do you get?
Funding varies.
Who is this for?
Eligible VIC sawmills.
Overview
The Sawmill Voluntary Transition Package is a payment the Victorian Government will make to sawmills to cease purchasing sawlogs under a Timber Sale Agreement or Forest Produce Licence from Victorian State forests prior to 1 January 2024 and surrender their Timber Sale Agreement.
Eligible sawmills can apply for a package including:
- A payment for the contracted or licensed volume of sawlog that will not be supplied or made available in 2023–24.
- A payment of up to $1 million per business for non-fully depreciated plant and equipment used to process native timber from Victorian State forests.
- A payment of up to $150,000 for sawmill site rehabilitation.
- A payment to cover employee statutory redundancy costs.
Check if you can apply
The scheme is open to Victorian-based hardwood sawmills that:
- have a current Timber Sale Agreement with VicForests that includes the supply of E grade or better sawlog from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024
- have a Forest Produce Licence administered by VicForests that includes the supply of box ironbark, red gum, durable, common or mixed species sawlog from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024
- currently produce sawn timber products as its main output (excluding posts, poles and firewood)
- have a dedicated sawmilling site on private land
- hold a current registered Australian business number (ABN)
- declare that they meet all industrial relations obligations as an employer in accordance with the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) National Employment Standards.
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Apply for the Sawmill Voluntary Transition Package VIC
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