Hon Adele Farina questions the Department for Regional Development (DRD) regarding the analysis of regional blueprints and its impact on regional development policy and Royalties for Regions funding. The DRD provides timelines and clarifies the purpose and confidentiality of the analysis.

AnsweredQoN 1949Legislative Council
Asked
22 October 2014
Portfolio
Regional Development

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I refer to the Regional Development Council request to the Department for Regional Development (DRD) to undertake an analysis across the nine regional blueprints to provide advice to help inform robust and strategic state land regional development policy and decision making going forward, and I ask: (a) when is this task expected to be completed; (b) is there a reason for the delay in the release of the regional blueprints; (c) will the outcome of the DRD analysis of the regional blueprints be made public; (d) if no to (c), why not; (e) were any of the blueprints changed in any way during the DRD's analysis task and, if yes, how; and (f) how will Royalties for Regions be changed as a result of the analysis undertaken?

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Answered
25 November 2014
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Regional Development
Response time
34 days
(a)  An interim report will be provided to the Regional Development Council  before the end of December 2014.
(b)  No. The preparation of regional blueprints is a complex undertaking  involving extensive research, stakeholder consultation and analysis. It is anticipated that most regional blueprints will be released for public  comment before the end of 2014.
(c)  No.
(d)  The analysis across the regional blueprints is an input to state-level  consideration of regional development priorities and activity.
(e)  DRD has considered draft regional blueprints as they have been made  available by each of the Regional Development Commissions. The  analysis across the regional blueprints has not resulted in changes to the documents.
(f) The individual regional blueprints and the subsequent analysis across them will inform regional development decision making, including the strategic allocation of Royalties for Regions funding.

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