This grant has been extended to include 18 new industries. These are:
- Takeaway Food Services
- Employment Placement and Recruitment Services
- Labour Supply Services
- Building and Other Industrial Cleaning Services
- Creative Artists, Musicians, Writers and Performers
- Motion Picture and Video Production
- Post-production Services and Other Motion Picture and Video Activities
- Music and Other Sound Recording Activities
- Interurban and Rural Bus Transport
- Urban Bus Transport (Including Tramway)
- Metal Coating and Finishing
- Printing
- Other Motor Vehicle and Transport Equipment Rental and Hiring
- Other Goods and Equipment Rental and Hiring not elsewhere classified
- Optometry and Optical Dispensing
- Physiotherapy Services
- Other Allied Health Services
- Other Social Assistance Services
As previously, in addition to being in one of the listed highly impacted industries, the eligibility requirements are:
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN) as at 1 March 2020 registered in NSW;
- have total Australian wages below the NSW Government 2019-20 payroll tax threshold of $900,000 as at 1 March 2020;
- have fewer than 20 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff (including non-employing businesses, such as non-employing sole traders) as at 1 March 2020;
- have an annual turnover of more than $75,000 as at 1 March 2020;
- have experienced a decline in turnover of at least 30 per cent from March to July 2020 compared to the equivalent period (of at least 2 weeks) in 2019;
- have costs from 1 July 2020 associated with safely reopening or scaling up their business.
Applications close 31st August.