EMDG Newsletter December Xmas edition
Hello from us.
Your last EMDG newsletter for 2025.
Round 4 update.
We are writing to you as a Round 4 applicant and as a follow up to Austrade’s email broadcast of yesterday.
In addition, we send season greetings and advice of our Xmas closure period.
We do confirm that Austrade has processed all Round 4 applications and all our clients have received a grant offer, albeit a small number for only one year, just 2026/2027 instead of 2025/2026 and 2026/2027.
The focus now is on the preparation of 2025/2026 Round 4 milestone reports.
These reports are due by June 15th, 2026, much earlier than in the past.
We are following up on this as indicated in our last newsletter.
The EMDG portal is now live for Round 4 milestone reporting.
We have already tested the portal ourselves and have an issue with one of the questions.
We are following up to get the matter fixed so we can really get moving on things in the new year.
The portal opening now does not help everyone.
Lodging early is only of value if you have already spent enough to ensure your total grant will be paid in full.
We will continue to liaise with you to work out when to prepare your milestone report & press the submit button.
Having said that, the timing of the portal opening just before Xmas is a bit of an anti-climax for us.
Nothing much has been happening in recent weeks, so I have decided we will have an extended holiday period this year. First time ever in 25+ years of EMDG assistance.
Wayne will be on leave from the end of this week, and I will be off to the cricket next week, of course it could all be over sooner than later.
We will be closed from December 15th, 2025, to January 10th, 2026.
Wayne will be back the week after.
Emails/telephone calls will and answered as per normal over the break
We will get stuck back into milestone reporting preparation upon our joint return in January.
Let us hope EMDG in 2026 can only get better, we are still recovering from the Round 4 lodgment process our very own “Annus horribilis”!
All the best for the festive season and may your beach holidays be free of algae, with good times with family and friends for all of us.
Best wishes Wayne and Stuart