{"id":35837,"date":"2025-11-05T01:33:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=35837"},"modified":"2025-11-05T01:33:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:33:35","slug":"nsw-government-investing-13-5-million-into-community-reserves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/nsw-government-investing-13-5-million-into-community-reserves\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW Government investing $13.5 million into community reserves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Minns Labor Government is delivering better communities across NSW with a major boost to the 2025\u201326 Crown Reserves Improvement Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funding has increased to $13.5 million, more than $2 million higher than last year to support upgrades and maintenance across the state\u2019s Crown land reserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a move to help deliver more local projects, the Minns Labor Government has also halved the minimum general grant amount to $50,000, making it easier for Crown land managers to apply for smaller, high-impact projects that make a big difference to their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Crown Reserves Improvement Fund supports repairs, maintenance, and upgrades that strengthen the local economies and enhance the cultural, sporting and recreational life of NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grant applications are open until 5:00 pm AEDT on 5 December 2025, with funding available for projects up to $1 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Annual Grant Round covers three categories: general maintenance and improvement projects, pest management, and weed management projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further information is available at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crownland.nsw.gov.au\/reserve-manager\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reserve Manager Website<\/a>&nbsp;or on&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:1300886235\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1300 886 235<\/a>&nbsp;(option 5) or via email at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:reservefunding@crownland.nsw.gov.au\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reservefunding@crownland.nsw.gov.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minister for Lands and Property Steve Kamper said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Minns Labor Government is committed to building better communities across NSW and the Crown Reserves Improvement Fund keeps public reserves safe, vibrant and accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInvesting in Crown reserves helps to support local industry and enrich the cultural, sporting and recreational life of our communities across the state.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minns Labor Government is delivering better communities across NSW with a major boost to the 2025\u201326 Crown Reserves Improvement Fund. Funding has increased to $13.5 million, more than $2 million higher than last year to support upgrades and maintenance across the state\u2019s Crown land reserves. In a move to help deliver more local projects, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/nsw-government-investing-13-5-million-into-community-reserves\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NSW Government investing $13.5 million into community reserves&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35838,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35837\/revisions\/35838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}