The government is now operating in accordance with the Guidance on Caretaker Conventions, pending the outcome of the 2025 federal election.
The Minister for Trade and Tourism Senator the Hon Don Farrell released the Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) Operational Review report.
The review considered program design, client experience and communications to help improve delivery of the EMDG program.
During the Operational Review, we held 53 in-person and virtual consultations, and received 452 survey responses.
The review found that the reformed EMDG program achieved its goals of:
The review also identified short-term and medium-term opportunities for improvement, which Austrade is working to implement.
Opportunities were identified to immediately improve EMDG program design, client experience and communication to ensure:
Austrade is committed to continually improving EMDG. We have taken steps to implement many of the opportunities identified in the review. This will further improve the Program’s operation over the coming year.
On the program design, we:
To improve client experience, we now:
We:
At the request of government, Austrade conducted consultation to refocus EMDG to support the government’s trade agenda, maximise the benefits to businesses and government of EMDG grants, and ensure the sustainable management of the program.
Visit the EMDG strategic refocus consultation summary for more information.
Email: EMDGpolicy@austrade.gov.au