I'm involved with an organisation that recently tried to get an Advance Queensland grant for non-profit outreach/education events relating to startups/entrepren

I'm involved with an organisation that recently tried to get an Advance Queensland grant for non-profit outreach/education events relating to startups/entrepreneurship (Young Starters' Fund). We were considered ineligible to apply on the grounds that we weren't GST-registered. Now, we're a registered charity that operates on a budget that is far, far, far under the threshold where GST registration is mandated by federal law. In fact, we're so far under the threshold that all our accounting is done by our volunteer committee - being registered for GST would massively increase our administrative workload, which is why we don't do it. Seems well intentioned but... a bit bureaucratic.