All Grants to Clark by Month

There is no SEIFA data for Clark because it was gazetted after the 2016 census took place.


Ad Hoc grants to Clark

Ad Hoc grants to Other Electorates

Demographics

2019 2022 Change Direction
72 70
Andrew Wilkie
Andrew Wilkie
-2 Clark

Clark is a SAFE, Inner Metropolitan TAS seat with a privilege score at the 54 %ile, held by Andrew Wilkie for IND with 72% of the Vote

Age distribution within Clark

Under 1818-3435-4950-6465-7980+
20% 25% 19% 19% 13% 5%
AUSTINS FERRY
BATHURST STREET PO
BATTERY POINT
BONNET HILL
COLLINSVALE
CORNELIAN BAY
DERWENT PARK
DOWSING POINT
DYNNYRNE
MOUNT NELSON
NORTH HOBART
SANDY BAY

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Grants can be filtered within each electorate by confidentiality contract (larger screens only) or selection process (all devices). Click on the icons to filter grants. Mouse over icons or links for details.

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Full details for each grant can be found by clicking on the publication date which links to the government version.

Commonwealth Grants are awarded according to one of the following processes:

Grants can be advertised according to one of the above selection processes but this process can be over-ridden by Ministers or Cabinet. Since Jan 2018 over 130,000 individual grants across over 1,900 programs have been made. A minority of grants are awarded in an Ad Hoc manner.

The Australia Institute, which analysed grants across a small number of programs (2021), found that Ministerial Discretion had been biased toward marginal Liberal seats and has this to say about Ad Hoc grants.

The Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines (CGRG) permits the allocation of grants in certain exigencies: A one-off or ad hoc grant generally does not involve planned selection processes, but is instead designed to meet a specific need, often due to urgency or other circumstances. These grants are generally not available to a range of potential grantees or on an ongoing basis.

In the cases considered, promises made in an election campaign have been construed as circumstances that warrant an invitation only grants process rather than a planned, competitive selection process. This seems prima facie at odds with the CGRG, which require grant administrators to consider seven key principles:

The Australian Govt Soliciter summarises requirements for Ministers of the Commonwealth in awarding grants: