❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on government funding related to the Amazing Race Australia filming in WA, including payments to Channel 10, advertising costs, and financial assistance to businesses involved. The government declined to answer questions about specific funding amounts, citing commercial sensitivity.
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I refer to the Amazing Race Australia, Season 6, which saw teams come to Perth, Fremantle and Broome for legs 19-21 of the race and ask: (a) How much did the State Government pay to Channel 10 or Paramount directly in order for Western Australia to feature in the program; (b) Did adverts for the “Walking on a Dream” Tourism WA campaign air on interstate markets during the Amazing Race Australia? If yes, what was the specific cost of the ad buy; (c) Did the State Government directly provide funding assistance to the following in order to help prepare their businesses / sites for filming: (i) Perth Airport; (ii) Royal Aero Club Jandakot; (iii) Ready Team One; (iv) Optus Stadium; (v) Geronimo Skydive; (vi) Rottnest Island Ferry; (vii) Gage Roads; (viii) Swan Bell Tower Trust; (ix) City of Fremantle; (x) Rottnest Island Authority; (xi) Segway Tours WA operating as Rottnest Island Tours; (xii) Willie Creek Pearl Farm; (xiii) Broome International Airport; (xiv) Sun Pictures Broome; and (xv) Mantra Frangipani Broome; and (d) For (c), did the Minister have any conflicts of interest and if yes, when were those conflicts of interest declared?
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Answered
22 November 2022
Responded by
Minister for Tourism
Response time
8 days
(a)–(b) In relation to the specific cost of the ad buy funding provided by the State Government for individual media partnerships, this has been assessed by Tourism Western Australia (Tourism WA) as being confidential and commercially sensitive.
Disclosure of this would reveal information about the commercial affairs of a State Tourism Organisation and could adversely affect Tourism WA’s ability to perform its duties and compromise the negotiation of future contracts.
It is not appropriate to table this information and I will notify the Auditor General’s office and both houses of Parliament that this part of the question will not be answered as per Section 82 of the Financial Management Act 2006 .
(c) No
(d) N/A
Disclosure of this would reveal information about the commercial affairs of a State Tourism Organisation and could adversely affect Tourism WA’s ability to perform its duties and compromise the negotiation of future contracts.
It is not appropriate to table this information and I will notify the Auditor General’s office and both houses of Parliament that this part of the question will not be answered as per Section 82 of the Financial Management Act 2006 .
(c) No
(d) N/A
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