Backing business in the bush fund
The fund aims to:
- increase productivity, long-term commercial sustainability, and competitiveness of Queensland businesses to capitalise on domestic and export growth opportunities
- support businesses and industries to further adapt to economic change with sustained or increased employment and/or upskilling opportunities
- increase private sector investment in regional Queensland to assist projects to be built
- assist businesses to adopt technology and/or practices to improve environmental sustainability.
The fund was delivered through a competitive round of funding.
All applicants have been advised of the outcome of their application. Demand from Queensland businesses seeking support for regional projects was high which resulted in a highly competitive field for the available funding.
Successful fund applicants as of 19 December 2024
| Company | Local Government Area | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Allweld Manufacturing | Fraser Coast | New CNC technology and robotic equipment for transport and truck specialty fabrication operations. |
| Auscoil | Toowoomba | Upgrade innovative gas well servicing equipment to reduce fugitive emissions for CSG operations. |
| Australian Premium Macadamias | Bundaberg | Stage 2 facility expansion project increasing capacity and new machinery. |
| Baywood Products | Fraser Coast | Dry-milling equipment capacity will be increased to enable value-adding to 90 per cent of sawn timber produced by Baywood’s Greenmill. |
| Brolga Cranes & Equipment | Gladstone | Heavy machinery upgrades to better service the transport and logistics and mining sectors. |
| Caamano Farms | Mareeba | Purchase new equipment and upgrade existing coffee growing site. |
| Carrigan Ag | Toowoomba | New cow-milking facility to be constructed to transition beef cattle operations to dairy. |
| CB Juice | North Burnett | New machinery to increase capacity for processing excess ripe fruit into juice, concentrate and puree. |
| Ced Wise AB Services | Southern Downs | A new bovine genetic facility will be established to provide multiple reproduction services. |
| Eco-Growth International | Toowoomba | New fertiliser manufacturing facility and equipment that will specialise in rock mineral processing. |
| FarmFresh Resources | Bundaberg | New automated equipment to increase production capacity of quick-frozen vegetables. |
| G3 Engineering | South Burnett | New machinery to improve productivity and provide high precision engineered products. |
| Hillman’s Transport | Toowoomba | New warehousing and distribution facility. |
| Hollimans Group | Flinders | Expand Viper Water Solutions’ capacity with new pipe production lines. |
| Integrity Ag | Toowoomba | Develop an automated database for analysing livestock greenhouse gas emissions for agricultural supply chains. |
| Jurgens Produce | Whitsunday | Two new robotic units to improve operational efficiency and environmental impact. |
| Kewpie Stockfeeds | South Burnett | Upgrade silos to incorporate advanced monitoring and control systems and increase stockfeed storage capacity. |
| Macadamias Australia | Bundaberg | New machinery for end-to-end chocolate macadamias cluster manufacturing. |
| Morgan Pastoral | Toowoomba | Expand feedlot capacity and infrastructure for grain-fed cattle. |
| Mort & Co | Toowoomba | Expansion of existing organic fertiliser with additional granulators and an automated batching system. |
| Obadare Group | Toowoomba | Mining rig manufacturing facility upgrade and expansion. |
| Oztec Manufacturing | Toowoomba | Install advanced manufacturing precision capabilities. |
| Pakaderinga Feedlot | South Burnett | Cattle feedlot expansion and associated infrastructure also improving environmental impacts. |
| Perrott Engineering | Cairns | CNC machines to refine precision manufacturing capabilities for bespoke products for maritime and mining sectors. |
| RWL Hardchrome & Engineering | Fraser Coast | Advanced machinery to expand servicing capabilities to include 12-metre hydraulic cylinders. |
| Selected Seeds | Toowoomba | Introduce automated seed processing and bagging equipment and update warehouse. |
| Sunny Queen | Toowoomba | Upgrade and expand processing facilities and install automated equipment for liquid egg products. |