Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, , 5:46:18 to 5:48:21
Senator Thorpe inquires about a grant application by Mongibi Limited to operate the Burketown Pub. The NIAA takes the specific details of the funding and the organization's eligibility on notice.
Topics: Grants administration, First Nations
Speakers: Senator Lidia Thorpe, Julie-Ann Guivarra, Speaker 25, Unknown Speaker
>> Mongibi >> Mongi Limited is a registered charity in Burktown, Queensland. And according to the Australian Charities and Notforprofits Commission website, Mongibbe Limited receives and manages contributions on on behalf of its people applying for a charitable purposes investment earnings. Mongibi Limited's financial statement for the year ending 30 June 24 states the company applied to NA for a grant of 574,210 to cover costs to operate the Burketown Pub for the financial years 2027 to 2029. Did NIA grant over half a million dollars to Mongibi Limited to operate
Uh, Senator, uh, sorry, that might um, apologies. We'll have to take that on notice. I'm not familiar with this exact funding, but we can find more information and come back to you.
okay. So, according to the Australian Charities and not for for profofits commission website, Mongibi Limited uses its investment earnings for charitable purposes. If the pub has investment earnings, uh would it be eligible for a government
Um Senator, I think we're not familiar with this organization, so I just I do need to actually just take it offline if I could and and I'll come back to you. Um, uh, I I'm just not aware of of this particular organization, but that doesn't mean to say that, you know, they haven't had contact with us. We'll we'll find that out and bring it back to you on notice.