Regional Business Gateways, Round 1

ℹ️ About this form

• Use this form to submit your Stage 1, Expression of Interest (EOI) for Round 1 of the Regional Business Gateways program.
• The Department of Customer Services, Open Data, and Small and Family Business (CDSB) administers this program.
• Look for these icons to guide you through Stage 1 of the application process:
  
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Before completing this application, please read the Regional Business Gateways, Round 1 Guidelines which outline the defined disaster area and other eligibility criteria. These are available on the Business Queensland website. 

If you have any questions regarding your eligibility, please contact the team via 13 QGOV (13 74 68) or email regionalbusinessgateways@desbt.qld.gov.au.

⚠️ Submission rules

• Submit your application online through SmartyGrants with all required attachments.
• Ensure the application is made by an Authorised Representative directly linked to the business (not third parties).
• Use the business's legal entity name (not the business name or trading name).
• Submit only one application per business, related party, or financial beneficiary.
• Provide realistic and accurate answers.
• Respond to requests for additional information if assessors contact you.

The Department of Customer Services, Open Data and Small and Family Business (CDSB, we, us, our) is collecting your personal information on this application form to:

• assess your eligibility to receive grant funding under the Program,
• administer the grant and ensure compliance with the program guidelines and the funding agreement, and
• promote relevant issues and services to you.

We will also use this information to assist in monitoring, evaluation, reporting, audit, and promoting the program.

We are authorised or required to collect this personal information for these purposes under Section 61 of the Financial Accountability Act 2009 (Qld).

We may collect personal information about you from another person or entity (such as the Australian Business Register, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission or your grant project supplier) to ensure compliance with the program guidelines and the funding agreement.

Without this information, we are unable to assess your application or process your grant.

We usually give the personal information we are collecting to:

• Relevant Queensland Government departments and agencies
• Any relevant Minister (including his/her advisers) and the Parliament of the State of Queensland (including Parliamentary Committees); and
• External parties engaged to assist in the administration, monitoring, or auditing of the program.

We will not otherwise give your personal information to a third party without your agreement, except in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2009 or when we are authorised or required under Australian law, court, or tribunal to do so.

Please refer to our Privacy Policy for further information about your privacy, including how you can access and amend your personal information or complain about our management of your personal information.

This section is designed to help you and CDSB determine if you are eligible to apply for this grant. Please complete this section before proceeding to ensure eligibility.

If you have any questions regarding the eligibility criteria, please contact the CDSB Small and Family Business team email regionalbusinessgateways@desbt.qld.gov.au.