Whyalla Small Local Business Support Grant

To be eligible for the grant, the applicant must:

• be a legal entity established in Australia (a sole trader, company, partnership or corporate trustee of a trust). Incorporated entities must be incorporated in Australia;
• be a South Australian business;
• be conducting business operations and have their principal place of business registered at a premises within the City of Whyalla as at 1 February 2025;
• hold an active Australian Business Number (ABN) as at 1 February 2025;
• be registered for Goods and Services Tax (“GST”). Not-for-profit organisations not registered for GST will need to provide their most recent lodged tax return confirming annual turnover greater than $75 000;
• have an Australia-wide grouped payroll of less than $1.5 million in 2023-24;
• demonstrate a decline in revenue of 20% or more in any consecutive 3-month period within the prior 9 months, compared to the same 3-month period in the year prior ('Comparison period')
  • Businesses that have been operating for less than 15 months must demonstrate that revenue has declined over another period of operation not less than 2 months by 20% or more;

• demonstrate minimum revenue of $15,000 in the 3 month comparative period;
  • Businesses that have been operating for less than 15 months must demonstrate that revenue would have been at least $15,000 across a 3-month period since commencing/taking over operations;

• be able to describe, to the satisfaction of Department of State Development (DSD) and Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF), how their business has been negatively impacted by OneSteel entering administration or the recent decline in activity at OneSteel or its related businesses.