I was lurking around the Fe$tool area in Sydney Tools yesterday - just peering at the dust extractors - when a dodgy salesperson sidled up to me and went "psst! the government will give you $1000 back on that DE if you have an ABN..."

And as the Festool CTM MIDI-I 15l M Class DE is $1085, you get the machine for $85!!

Sounded too good to be true, but he hopped on to the interwebs on a store computer and showed my the NSW $1000 SafeWork Small Business Rebate - apparently around since 2018, but I'd never heard of it.

Worth reading through the criteria - must have an ABN, must have the ABN on the ivoice etc, and you must buy an eligible piece of equipment.

Watch a boring as F 12 min webinar on workplace safety, fill in the web form, upload invoice and proof of payment, and around 12 weeks later $1000 magically appears in your account.

Huzzah.

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