Know you mentioned ARENA even months ago but did anyone contact...

Know you mentioned ARENA  even months ago but did anyone contact the Company and ask them if they were aware of them too? http://arena.gov.au/

We always assume if we know this information then Companies would just have to know it too but is not always the case. Only asking this because a friends father worked at the Local Council shuffling paper then retired about 10 years ago & took off in his camper to outback QLD to do some gem fossicking - he ran into some Mining Company boss who said they could do with some help with paperwork  in their office so he went in & was left to his own devices but apparently right in the know about applying for any applicable grants so sent off forms for this Company & within months had a few million in their bank account...

Company Execs were overjoyed as had absolutely no idea they could even get a grant (he got a bonus & has a job back there whenever he wants it) so he moved around quite a few QLD companies doing same thing then with his main aim being to travel ended up over in WA again filling out applications for grants in his spare time for numerous Companies (he was there awhile lol...). He said not one Company had any idea that this money was available 'on tap' if their activities or research complied with the assessment.
If this is correct then it means many Companies just actually don't know about it unless someone tells them & possibly even if they did know are probably too damn lazy to fill out the forms themselves.

They certainly don't readily advertise it around but seems like Councils & Politicians always seem to know about all these options?  If they had a booth or spoke at a Mining conferences they would be swamped!

Maybe someone from HC in Perth can just quickly pop into the office please & fill the form out for them.

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