❓ A parliamentary question regarding the Heritage Council of Western Australia's grants program and its impact on heritage property conservation, with the Minister highlighting successful projects and funding increases.
AnsweredQoN 962Legislative Assembly
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HERITAGE
COUNCIL OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA — GRANTS PROGRAM
962. Mr F.A. ALBAN to the
Minister for Heritage:
I note that recipients of the Heritage Council of Western
Australia's 2014‑15 heritage grants program were announced
recently. Can the minister inform the house about the important program and its
value in assisting with the conservation of heritage properties in Western
Australia?
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected
The SPEAKER :
Member for Girrawheen, I call you to order for the second time.
COUNCIL OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA — GRANTS PROGRAM
962. Mr F.A. ALBAN to the
Minister for Heritage:
I note that recipients of the Heritage Council of Western
Australia's 2014‑15 heritage grants program were announced
recently. Can the minister inform the house about the important program and its
value in assisting with the conservation of heritage properties in Western
Australia?
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected
The SPEAKER :
Member for Girrawheen, I call you to order for the second time.
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Swan Hills for the question and
acknowledge him as a very strong advocate of heritage in Western Australia.
The heritage grants program is one
of the key ways that the Liberal–National government provides
assistance to private owners of state heritage–registered places to
undertake urgent conservation works on those properties. Through this grants
process, grants of up to $100 000 are available to private owners on a
competitive basis and on a condition of a minimum level of matched funding so
that we at least leverage a doubling of the government's initial
investment. In 2012 the Liberal–National government increased the
heritage grants program for the first time since 1996 by around 25 per cent,
pumping an extra $1 million over four years into the program. This year 43 projects
were awarded a total of $1.3 million in grants, including 11 metropolitan
projects and 32 regional projects, which will leverage some $3.3 million of
investment into heritage conservation works in Western Australia. Some of the
more prominent places that have received grants are: Holy Trinity Anglican
Church in Northampton, which received a $27 000 grant to restore damaged
stained-glass windows; the Kellerberrin Post Office, which received a $58 000
grant to repair cracking throughout the building; and Cronshaw's Store
in Bunbury, which received the maximum $100 000 grant to rebuild masonry
turrets, repair the facade and reconstruct balustrades. I picked up an
interjection earlier from the member for Girrawheen about the Guildford Hotel.
She will probably be very happy to know that the grant process has also
included a $100 000 —
Ms
M.M. Quirk interjected
Mr
A.P. JACOB : I will get to Albany in a second, member for Girrawheen. Just
wait—Albany is next.
I will just touch very quickly on
the Guildford Hotel. A grant of $100 000 has been given for restoration of the
belvedere, a key point on the corner of that well-known property. That grant is
leveraging a six-time multiplier; over $600 000 is being invested in that
belvedere.
Mrs M.H. Roberts :
I'll be pleased when we see the Guildford Hotel restored—not
before.
Mr A.P. JACOB :
Obviously, member for Midland, the grant is paid only on restoration. That is a
key project.
Mr P. Papalia interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Warnbro, you can put your name down and ask your own question. I
call you to order for the first time. Minister, a short version, please.
Mr A.P. JACOB :
Certainly, Mr Speaker. I will just very quickly go on to Albany, since that was
also raised. One of the things we were able to do with this year's
grant program was to bring forward $300 000 of the grants program and
specifically target it at Stirling Terrace in Albany. This is a very good
example of how the community at large gets a tangible benefit out of this
heritage grants program. The grant was provided for the dozen or so properties
in Stirling Terrace, which were largely built in the late nineteenth century
through to 1911. The reason this is significant —
Ms S.F. McGurk interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Fremantle, put your name down if you want to ask a question. I call
you to order for the first time. I call the member for Wanneroo to order for
the first time. Minister have you finished?
Mr A.P. JACOB : I have
not even got to explaining Albany yet, Mr Speaker.
The SPEAKER : A
short version please.
Several members interjected.
Mr A.P. JACOB : I
will address my comments to you, Mr Speaker. I would love to answer a question
on the warders' cottages and the great work that has been done there,
but member for Fremantle will not ask it.
Stirling Terrace was the heart of Albany when the Anzac fleet
sailed. We were able to bring forward $300 000 of that grant and see those 12
properties in Stirling Terrace restored as close as possible to the
historically accurate street front that would have existed there, and provide a
magnificent backdrop for the tens of thousands of Western Australians and other
Australians who descended on Albany earlier this month to commemorate the
departure of the Anzac fleet. It is a great example of where not only private
owners and the state get benefits from our history, but also the broader
community benefits from this great grants program.
acknowledge him as a very strong advocate of heritage in Western Australia.
The heritage grants program is one
of the key ways that the Liberal–National government provides
assistance to private owners of state heritage–registered places to
undertake urgent conservation works on those properties. Through this grants
process, grants of up to $100 000 are available to private owners on a
competitive basis and on a condition of a minimum level of matched funding so
that we at least leverage a doubling of the government's initial
investment. In 2012 the Liberal–National government increased the
heritage grants program for the first time since 1996 by around 25 per cent,
pumping an extra $1 million over four years into the program. This year 43 projects
were awarded a total of $1.3 million in grants, including 11 metropolitan
projects and 32 regional projects, which will leverage some $3.3 million of
investment into heritage conservation works in Western Australia. Some of the
more prominent places that have received grants are: Holy Trinity Anglican
Church in Northampton, which received a $27 000 grant to restore damaged
stained-glass windows; the Kellerberrin Post Office, which received a $58 000
grant to repair cracking throughout the building; and Cronshaw's Store
in Bunbury, which received the maximum $100 000 grant to rebuild masonry
turrets, repair the facade and reconstruct balustrades. I picked up an
interjection earlier from the member for Girrawheen about the Guildford Hotel.
She will probably be very happy to know that the grant process has also
included a $100 000 —
Ms
M.M. Quirk interjected
Mr
A.P. JACOB : I will get to Albany in a second, member for Girrawheen. Just
wait—Albany is next.
I will just touch very quickly on
the Guildford Hotel. A grant of $100 000 has been given for restoration of the
belvedere, a key point on the corner of that well-known property. That grant is
leveraging a six-time multiplier; over $600 000 is being invested in that
belvedere.
Mrs M.H. Roberts :
I'll be pleased when we see the Guildford Hotel restored—not
before.
Mr A.P. JACOB :
Obviously, member for Midland, the grant is paid only on restoration. That is a
key project.
Mr P. Papalia interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Warnbro, you can put your name down and ask your own question. I
call you to order for the first time. Minister, a short version, please.
Mr A.P. JACOB :
Certainly, Mr Speaker. I will just very quickly go on to Albany, since that was
also raised. One of the things we were able to do with this year's
grant program was to bring forward $300 000 of the grants program and
specifically target it at Stirling Terrace in Albany. This is a very good
example of how the community at large gets a tangible benefit out of this
heritage grants program. The grant was provided for the dozen or so properties
in Stirling Terrace, which were largely built in the late nineteenth century
through to 1911. The reason this is significant —
Ms S.F. McGurk interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Fremantle, put your name down if you want to ask a question. I call
you to order for the first time. I call the member for Wanneroo to order for
the first time. Minister have you finished?
Mr A.P. JACOB : I have
not even got to explaining Albany yet, Mr Speaker.
The SPEAKER : A
short version please.
Several members interjected.
Mr A.P. JACOB : I
will address my comments to you, Mr Speaker. I would love to answer a question
on the warders' cottages and the great work that has been done there,
but member for Fremantle will not ask it.
Stirling Terrace was the heart of Albany when the Anzac fleet
sailed. We were able to bring forward $300 000 of that grant and see those 12
properties in Stirling Terrace restored as close as possible to the
historically accurate street front that would have existed there, and provide a
magnificent backdrop for the tens of thousands of Western Australians and other
Australians who descended on Albany earlier this month to commemorate the
departure of the Anzac fleet. It is a great example of where not only private
owners and the state get benefits from our history, but also the broader
community benefits from this great grants program.
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