Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281:clause:1ab_93
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1AB cl 93
Character Range: 442446–448148

93        Drought Communities Programme                                                                                                                        To provide grants:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) to support, and to enable support for, drought‑affected communities, particularly to address unemployment caused by drought; and
                                                                                                                                                               (b) to support and enhance the viability and competitiveness of drought‑affected agriculture;
                                                                                                                                                               including by providing grants for local infrastructure projects.
                                                                                                                                                               This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to providing grants:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) in connection with trade and commerce with other countries, or among the States and Territories; or
                                                                                                                                                               (b) in or in relation to a Territory; or
                                                                                                                                                               (c) as financial assistance to a State or Territory; or
                                                                                                                                                               (d) to commemorate Australians killed or injured in war, and support veterans and defence force members and their families and communities; or
                                                                                                                                                               (e) for the construction or extension of railways in any State with the consent of that State; or
                                                                                                                                                               (f) to or in relation to Indigenous Australians and particular groups of Indigenous Australians; or
                                                                                                                                                               (g) in connection with assisting Australia to meet its obligations under international agreements, including the following:
                                                                                                                                                               (i) the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, particularly Articles 4, 5, and 10;
                                                                                                                                                               (ii) the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, particularly Article 4;
                                                                                                                                                               (iii) the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, particularly Article 10;
                                                                                                                                                               (iv) the Paris Agreement, particularly Articles 7 and 8;
                                                                                                                                                               (v) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2, 6, 11 and 12;
                                                                                                                                                               (vi) the International Labour Organization's Convention concerning Employment Policy, particularly Articles 1 and 2; or
                                                                                                                                                               (h) to provide medical services, unemployment, pharmaceutical, sickness and hospital benefits and benefits to students, and for measures incidental to the provision of those matters; or
                                                                                                                                                               (i) in connection with electronic communications; or
                                                                                                                                                               (j) to provide for measures that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation; or
                                                                                                                                                               (k) in the exercise of the executive power of the Commonwealth.