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Targeted funding

Table 15: Targeted funding for disadvantage rate for eligible services from 1 March 2024.

Date published: 20 April 2026

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$ per targeted hour	Rate from 1 March 2025
$ per targeted hour	incl GST	excl GST *
Eligible services	0.41	0.36

$ per targeted hour	Rate from 1 March 2026
$ per targeted hour	incl GST ***	excl GST *
Eligible services	0.41	0.36

$ per targeted hour	Rate from 1 March 2027
$ per targeted hour	incl GST	excl GST *
Eligible services	0.43	0.37

* Pourato uses a funding rate to 6.dp for this set of rates. We have rounded to 2.dp for ease of reading.

** These GST exclusive rates are 2.dp only in Pourato. As Pourato is GST exclusive only from 1 July 2025 we have only published the GST exclusive rates.

*** GST inclusive rates for rates effective from 1 July 2025 are for comparison only.